Re: VLC security updates and security updated generally

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Author: Christian Marillat
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To: dmo-discussion
Subject: Re: VLC security updates and security updated generally
On 14 juin 2019 00:01, Harri Suutari <hsuutari@???> wrote:

> On Thu, Jun 13, 2019 at 09:43:05PM +0100, Brad Rogers wrote:
>> That was issued yesterday.
>>
>> Give the man a chance.
>
> Of course. Waiting is not a problem, and naturally it takes time from
> the man.
>
> Just wanted to inquire... and (old) internet stories can make people
> worried: "VLC is not receiving security updates"
> https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=242&t=226646


My repository doesn't have vlc 2.2.1 latest is 2.2.8

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| $ dak ls  vlc-dmo  
| vlc-dmo    | 1:2.2.8-dmo1+deb8u1 | oldstable        | source
| vlc-dmo    | 1:3.0.3-dmo1+deb9u6 | stable           | source
| vlc-dmo    | 1:3.0.7-dmo1~bpo9+1 | stable-backports | source
| vlc-dmo    | 1:3.0.7-dmo1        | testing          | source
| vlc-dmo    | 1:3.0.7.1-dmo1      | unstable         | source

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I always update my packages when I'm avare of securities issues.

https://www.deb-multimedia.org/lurker/search/20380101.000000.00000000@ml:dmo-changes,cve.en.html

From https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/vlc
I don't see issues in vlc packages.

Christian