Please remove src:fusionforge from the distribution

Bug #1170622 reported by Thorsten Glaser
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Bug Description

Hi,

the FusionForge upstream has already requested removal of FusionForge from your distribution once, due to numerous unsolved problems. As these affected already-released distributions, you denied them.

However, right now, short before the release of Ubuntu 13.04, there’s a version of FusionForge in your distribution that is not contained in Debian *and* has major security holes (which *are* (mostly) fixed in Debian unstable, though).

As FusionForge upstream, we feel we cannot support users on Ubuntu using Ubuntu-provided packages. Please honour the request and stop shipping src:fusionforge in your distribution. Please do not simply pull the Debian unstable packaging again, as upstream does not consider it ready for a release at this point in time, and as upstream only coordinates with Debian, not with Ubuntu.

Tags: precise raring
information type: Private Security → Public Security
dino99 (9d9)
tags: added: raring
tags: added: precise
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Jamie Strandboge (jdstrand) wrote :
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Removing packages from raring:
 fusionforge 5.2-1 in raring
  fusionforge-full 5.2-1 in raring amd64
  fusionforge-full 5.2-1 in raring armhf
  fusionforge-full 5.2-1 in raring i386
  fusionforge-full 5.2-1 in raring powerpc
  fusionforge-minimal 5.2-1 in raring amd64
  fusionforge-minimal 5.2-1 in raring armhf
  fusionforge-minimal 5.2-1 in raring i386
  fusionforge-minimal 5.2-1 in raring powerpc
  fusionforge-plugin-authhttpd 5.2-1 in raring amd64
  fusionforge-plugin-authhttpd 5.2-1 in raring armhf
  fusionforge-plugin-authhttpd 5.2-1 in raring i386
  fusionforge-plugin-authhttpd 5.2-1 in raring powerpc
  fusionforge-plugin-authldap 5.2-1 in raring amd64
  fusionforge-plugin-authldap 5.2-1 in raring armhf
  fusionforge-plugin-authldap 5.2-1 in raring i386
  fusionforge-plugin-authldap 5.2-1 in raring powerpc
  fusionforge-plugin-blocks 5.2-1 in raring amd64
  fusionforge-plugin-blocks 5.2-1 in raring armhf
  fusionforge-plugin-blocks 5.2-1 in raring i386
  fusionforge-plugin-blocks 5.2-1 in raring powerpc
  fusionforge-plugin-compactpreview 5.2-1 in raring amd64
  fusionforge-plugin-compactpreview 5.2-1 in raring armhf
  fusionforge-plugin-compactpreview 5.2-1 in raring i386
  fusionforge-plugin-compactpreview 5.2-1 in raring powerpc
  fusionforge-plugin-contribtracker 5.2-1 in raring amd64
  fusionforge-plugin-contribtracker 5.2-1 in raring armhf
  fusionforge-plugin-contribtracker 5.2-1 in raring i386
  fusionforge-plugin-contribtracker 5.2-1 in raring powerpc
  fusionforge-plugin-doaprdf 5.2-1 in raring amd64
  fusionforge-plugin-doaprdf 5.2-1 in raring armhf
  fusionforge-plugin-doaprdf 5.2-1 in raring i386
  fusionforge-plugin-doaprdf 5.2-1 in raring powerpc
  fusionforge-plugin-extratabs 5.2-1 in raring amd64
  fusionforge-plugin-extratabs 5.2-1 in raring armhf
  fusionforge-plugin-extratabs 5.2-1 in raring i386
  fusionforge-plugin-extratabs 5.2-1 in raring powerpc
  fusionforge-plugin-extsubproj 5.2-1 in raring amd64
  fusionforge-plugin-extsubproj 5.2-1 in raring armhf
  fusionforge-plugin-extsubproj 5.2-1 in raring i386
  fusionforge-plugin-extsubproj 5.2-1 in raring powerpc
  fusionforge-plugin-foafprofiles 5.2-1 in raring amd64
  fusionforge-plugin-foafprofiles 5.2-1 in raring armhf
  fusionforge-plugin-foafprofiles 5.2-1 in raring i386
  fusionforge-plugin-foafprofiles 5.2-1 in raring powerpc
  fusionforge-plugin-globalsearch 5.2-1 in raring amd64
  fusionforge-plugin-globalsearch 5.2-1 in raring armhf
  fusionforge-plugin-globalsearch 5.2-1 in raring i386
  fusionforge-plugin-globalsearch 5.2-1 in raring powerpc
  fusionforge-plugin-gravatar 5.2-1 in raring amd64
  fusionforge-plugin-gravatar 5.2-1 in raring armhf
  fusionforge-plugin-gravatar 5.2-1 in raring i386
  fusionforge-plugin-gravatar 5.2-1 in raring powerpc
  fusionforge-plugin-hudson 5.2-1 in raring amd64
  fusionforge-plugin-hudson 5.2-1 in raring armhf
  fusionforge-plugin-hudson 5.2-1 in raring i386
  fusionforge-plugin-hudson 5.2-1 in raring powerpc
  fusionforge-plugin-mediawiki 5.2-1 in raring amd64
  fusionforge-plugin-mediawiki 5.2-1 in raring armhf
  fusionforge-plugin-mediawiki 5.2-1 in raring i...

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Changed in fusionforge (Ubuntu):
status: New → Fix Released
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Jamie Strandboge (jdstrand) wrote :

Based on comments in description, I also added it to the sync-blacklist so this won't get autosynced from Debian again.

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Thorsten Glaser (mirabilos) wrote :

OK thanks!

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