[vlc] VLC 0.8.6 end of support

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

Le lundi 1 septembre 2008 18:24:18 Dotan Cohen, vous avez écrit :
> If 0.8.6 is outdated and has security issues (as mentioned at the beginning
> of this thread), then why does the VLC website recommend it to be installed?
> If one browses to videolan.org -> Download -> Ubuntu, he then gets
> instructions for installing 0.8.6 with no mention of 0.9.x branch.
> Furthermore, lower on the page there is warnings about _older_ versions,
> implying that the current version is safe.

*I* am all for removing instructions for old versions. But I assume most 
people here would disagree, and I am (fortunately) not a benevolent dictator 
for life here. If you want security-supported releases, use the official one 
from Ubuntu, or build from source.

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