#587542 x11-xserver-utils: please split out xhost

Package:
x11-xserver-utils
Source:
x11-xserver-utils
Description:
X server utilities
Submitter:
Josselin Mouette
Date:
2010-06-29 22:03:10 UTC
Severity:
wishlist
#587542#5
Date:
2010-06-29 16:40:46 UTC
From:
To:
Package: x11-xserver-utils
Version: 7.5+1
Severity: wishlist

Hi,

the xhost tool is something very dangerous and users have a strong
tendency to abuse it by following stupid documentations that ask them to
do “xhost +”.

Please split it out in a separate package so that it can be uninstalled
and avoid a lot of security problems.

Thanks,
#587542#10
Date:
2010-06-29 17:18:26 UTC
From:
To:
--- On Tue, 6/29/10, Josselin Mouette <joss@debian.org> wrote:

Is the warning given in the package description insufficient?

http://packages.debian.org/squeeze/x11-xserver-utils
#587542#15
Date:
2010-06-29 22:00:05 UTC
From:
To:
Le mardi 29 juin 2010 à 10:18 -0700, Will Set a écrit :

Yes it is. Stupid users don’t read warnings. The solution is to drop the
tool, not to print a warning.