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APT repos for Debian, Trisquel, Ubuntu... require far more checkings and bureaucracy.

• socalgal2 1y ago
  I'll bet they don't. There's way to much churn for it all to be checked
  • justusthane 1y ago
    No, they are extremely well vetted. Have you ever heard of a supply chain attack involving Red Hat, Debian or Ubuntu repos?
    • jonquest 1y ago
      Yes, the XZ attack affected Fedora nightly and Debian testing and unstable. Yes, it got caught before it made it into a stable distribution (this time). https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/understanding-red-hats-response-xz-security-incident https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/understanding-red-hats-respon... https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2024/msg00057.html https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2024/msg00...
      • goodpoint 1y ago
        So the attack was successfully stopped and you complain about it?
        • jonquest 1y ago
          I’m not complaining, I’m pointing out facts. If the facts offend you, that’s your problem. Ignore them if you wish.
  • const_cast 1y ago
    Churn? On Debian? It takes like 2 years to get up to date packages. This isn't NPM.
    • SchemaLoad 1y ago
      The xscreensaver dev managed to very easily slip a timebomb in to the debian repos. Wasn't obscured in any way, the repo maintainers just don't review the code. It would be physically impossible for them to review all the changes in all the programs.