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[PATCH 0/2] Change from GSS to MIT-KRB5.

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From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name>
Cc: Marius Bakke <mbakke <at> fastmail.com>, 34632 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: [bug#34632] [PATCH 0/2] Change from GSS to MIT-KRB5.
Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2019 23:14:43 +0100

Hello,

Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name> skribis:

> On Sat, Feb 23, 2019 at 05:20:42PM +0100, Marius Bakke wrote:
>> The GNU Generic Security Service and friends have been unmaintained for
>> many years now: <https://www.gnu.org/software/gss/>.
>> 
>> Since these libraries are security-critical, it would be good to switch
>> to maintained implementations.  WDYT?
>
> I think it's the right choice.

Yeah, it’s a bit sad IMO, but so be it.

Note that “guix refresh -l gss” says 4K packages depend on it,
not sure why.

Thanks,
Ludo’.

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