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[bug#31307] [PATCH] Add MAT, the Metadata Anonymisation Toolkit from Bou
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Chris Marusich |
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[bug#31307] [PATCH] Add MAT, the Metadata Anonymisation Toolkit from Boum |
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Thu, 05 Jul 2018 01:29:16 -0700 |
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address@hidden (Ludovic Courtès) writes:
> Hello,
>
> Leo Famulari <address@hidden> skribis:
>
>> I see two different issues here:
>>
>> 1) The project is unmaintained (last release 2016) and the underlying
>> platform (Python 2) will become unmaintained in January 2020.
>>
>> I think these maintenance issues are not a blocker in this case. We
>> package lots of software that has been basically abandoned for longer
>> than MAT. Its source repo saw activity in March. On this subject, we
>> should think about building from HEAD since those new commits will
>> probably never be "released".
>>
>> 2) The software is not guaranteed to achieve its goals.
>>
>> I think the idea of "anonymizing" a file is always going to be
>> manifested as a goal rather than a full solution. No matter the level of
>> upstream maintenance, anonymity can never be guaranteed.
>>
>> So, I think it's okay to add the package with a big warning in the
>> description, maybe even saying something scary like "only recommended
>> for educational and research activity".
>
> Sounds reasonable to me.
>
> Chris, what would you like to do with this package?
If we can resolve the issue with the tests and add a warning to the
package description, I'd be OK with adding it. However, the tests
currently error out or fail, even though the package builds
successfully. That's concerning, and I don't feel comfortable adding
the package, even with a warning, until it's been addressed.
I don't have a lot of time to work on this right now. I will eventually
get around to it, but if somebody wants MAT sooner, please feel free to
take over and do it before I get around to it.
--
Chris
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