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I think most of it had to do with the security holes that he refused to fix that left a bad taste in peoples mouths. I think it had to do with https://bugs.laun
by moocowtruck 6y ago
I think most of it had to do with the security holes that he refused to fix that left a bad taste in peoples mouths. I think it had to do with https://bugs.launchpad.net/calibre/+bug/885027 https://bugs.launchpad.net/calibre/+bug/885027 etc.
- callmeal 6y agoWell, reading that thread, he fixed every vulnerability in the helper utility that had a demonstrable exploit. Some of the others he didn't fix because they were not easily exploitable: keep in mind, the utility was only used if the core os functionality was not present. That whole thread came across as "I am a security researcher who gets paid lots of money to find CVEs so you should listen to me" and Kovid taking issue with that attitude.