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[PATCH] gnu: newsbeuter: Supersede.

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Message #8 received at 29973 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name>
To: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me <at> tobias.gr>
Cc: 29973 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [bug#29973] [PATCH] gnu: newsbeuter: Supersede.
Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2018 21:59:37 -0500

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On Thu, Jan 04, 2018 at 03:21:57AM +0100, Tobias Geerinckx-Rice wrote:
> * gnu/packages/syndication.scm (newsbeuter)[properties]: Mark as superseded
> by newsboat.
> ---
> 
> Guix,
> 
> Newsbeuter has been sufficiently (unpatched-CVE-level) stagnant for long
> enough that the last maintainer done went and forked it as Newsboat[0].
> 
> While our Newsbeuter shouldn't be outright vulnerable (thanks to Leo and
> Efraim), and newsbeuter.org might be only temporarily off-line, what do
> we think about blessing its successor? Surely it's but a one-line patch.
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> T G-R
> 
> [0]: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/newsbeuter/RPtlWX8CPGU

I think it's a good idea!

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