Beehaw
  • Communities
  • Create Post
  • search
    Search
  • Login
  • Sign Up
federalreverse-old ( federalreverse@feddit.de )  to Linux@lemmy.ml · 2 years ago

Debian maintainer unilaterally strips KeepassXC package of a lot of features

fosstodon.org

external-link
message-square
35
link
fedilink
  • cross-posted to:
  • hackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fans
118
external-link

Debian maintainer unilaterally strips KeepassXC package of a lot of features

fosstodon.org

federalreverse-old ( federalreverse@feddit.de )  to Linux@lemmy.ml · 2 years ago
message-square
35
link
fedilink
  • cross-posted to:
  • hackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fans
Team KeePassXC (@keepassxc@fosstodon.org)
fosstodon.org
external-link
Debian Users - Be aware the maintainer of the KeePassXC package for Debian has unilaterally decided to remove ALL features from it. You will need to switch to `keepassxc-full` to maintain capabilities once this lands outside of testing/sid.
  • chameleon ( chameleon@kbin.social ) 
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    18
    ·
    2 years ago

    The KeePassXC people are also volunteers and dealing with the fallout of this decision.

    • Possibly linux ( possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ) 
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      9
      ·
      2 years ago

      True, but let them settle it without turning a few thousand people against one person.

      • vrighter ( vrighter@discuss.tchncs.de ) 
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        10
        ·
        2 years ago

        well it is that one person causing issues

        • lemmyvore ( lemmyvore@feddit.nl ) 
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          4
          ·
          2 years ago

          If by issues you mean looking out for people’s privacy sure, someone has to.

          • vrighter ( vrighter@discuss.tchncs.de ) 
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            1
            ·
            2 years ago

            by issues I mean breaking existing users’ workflow, possibly literally locking them out (I personally use a yubikey with my keepass db, for example).

            There is a very simple solution he could have done: not rename the existing package. Just give his fork a new name. That’s it, everybody is happy.

            So yes, he is the one causing issues. Because the issue isn’t in the features he removed, but by breaking the users’expectation that the package they installed yesterday, is the same one they’re updating today.

Linux@lemmy.ml

linux@lemmy.ml

Subscribe from Remote Instance

Create a post
You are not logged in. However you can subscribe from another Fediverse account, for example Lemmy or Mastodon. To do this, paste the following into the search field of your instance: !linux@lemmy.ml

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word “Linux” in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

Rules

  • Posts must be relevant to operating systems running the Linux kernel. GNU/Linux or otherwise.
  • No misinformation
  • No NSFW content
  • No hate speech, bigotry, etc

Related Communities

  • !opensource@lemmy.ml
  • !libre_culture@lemmy.ml
  • !technology@lemmy.ml
  • !libre_hardware@lemmy.ml

Community icon by Alpár-Etele Méder, licensed under CC BY 3.0

Visibility: Public
globe

This community can be federated to other instances and be posted/commented in by their users.

  • 463 users / day
  • 950 users / week
  • 2.75K users / month
  • 6.26K users / 6 months
  • 1.31K local subscribers
  • 68K subscribers
  • 8.1K Posts
  • 108K Comments
  • Modlog
  • mods:
  • AgreeableLandscape ( AgreeableLandscape@lemmy.ml ) 
  • nooter692 ( nooter692@lemmy.ml ) 
  • MarcellusDrum ( MarcellusDrum@lemmy.ml ) 
  • Arthur Besse ( cypherpunks@lemmy.ml ) 
  • Cyclohexane ( cyclohexane@lemmy.ml ) 
  • d3Xt3r ( d3Xt3r@lemmy.nz ) 
  • BE: 0.19.15
  • Modlog
  • Legal
  • Instances
  • Docs
  • Code