testeronious@lemmy.world to Linux@lemmy.ml · 8 months agoXZ Utils is back on GitHub and Lasse Collin has been unbannedgithub.comexternal-linkmessage-square58fedilinkarrow-up1492arrow-down15cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1487arrow-down1external-linkXZ Utils is back on GitHub and Lasse Collin has been unbannedgithub.comtesteronious@lemmy.world to Linux@lemmy.ml · 8 months agomessage-square58fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-square7eter@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up170·8 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-squarerollingflower@lemmy.kde.sociallinkfedilinkDeutscharrow-up49·edit-28 months agoRIP Jia Tan
minus-squareintrepidlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down29·8 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-squarerollingflower@lemmy.kde.sociallinkfedilinkDeutscharrow-up74arrow-down2·8 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?