@testeronious to [email protected] • 8 months agoXZ Utils is back on GitHub and Lasse Collin has been unbannedgithub.comexternal-linkmessage-square59arrow-up1494arrow-down15cross-posted to: linux
arrow-up1489arrow-down1external-linkXZ Utils is back on GitHub and Lasse Collin has been unbannedgithub.com@testeronious to [email protected] • 8 months agomessage-square59cross-posted to: linux
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink170•8 months agothe other maintainer now has a special place: Special author: Jia Tan was a co-maintainer in 2022-2024. He and the team behind him inserted a backdoor (CVE-2024-3094) into XZ Utils 5.6.0 and 5.6.1 releases. He suddenly disappeared when this was discovered.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink-24•8 months agoI don’t think they would be in much peace. It was years of their work that was ruined by a person with OCD and valgrind.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkDeutsch72•8 months agoCan we stop calling a good software dev autistic or stuff?
the other maintainer now has a special place:
RIP Jia Tan
I don’t think they would be in much peace. It was years of their work that was ruined by a person with OCD and valgrind.
Can we stop calling a good software dev autistic or stuff?