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From:	Erik Soderquist <ErikSoderquist AT gmail DOT com>
Date:	Sat, 8 Oct 2016 14:45:28 -0400
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Subject:	Re: intelligent following of directions, or following them by rote...
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On Fri, Oct 7, 2016 at 6:04 PM, Linda Walsh wrote:
>         As for package maintainers needing some specific behavior --
> if a backdoor to your system was part of the "base" system, would you

If there is a "back door" in a base package, that is a security
failing and needs to be reported and fixed

-- Erik

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