Posted by Geoffroy Couprie on May 27, 2010; 8:05pm
URL: https://forum.world.st/Squeak-removed-from-Gentoo-Linux-tp2233520p2233705.html


On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 7:37 PM, Bert Freudenberg <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> Squeak was recently removed from Gentoo Linux Ebuilds because of security issues in our bundled plugins:
>
>        http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=247363
>
> While it is convenient for us to bundle external library sources, package maintainers do not like that practice. Is there anything we can realistically do about it?
>

They have a point there. Statically linked libraries are not really a
problem for Windows and Mac, but you should expect similar reactions
from other distributions in the future if it is not fixed.