On Mon, Aug 27, 2007 at 04:35:50PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Quoting Pierre Habouzit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > >On Mon, Aug 27, 2007 at 08:19:14PM +0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> I am wondering if you have anything to elaborate with or if that was > >>just a vague unsubstantiated statement. As Opera frequently releases > >>security updates packaged for the latest version of Debian I do not see > >>what potential problems coud result other than needing to roll out a new > >>version in the security repository. > > > > because security updates in debian are supposed to be ad minimum. We > >don't know what opera puts in their upgrades. Possibly worse than the > >bug they fix. > > > Ok. Sow how are security updates done in Debian? Do you just patch > the old software or do you test and release a new version. At least no > one has found the new bugs yet, a few days delay could be big trouble.
http://www.debian.org/security/faq#oldversion > There appear to be several spaces before my sig. > Yes, but not the double-dash (--) on a line by itself. Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sánchez http://people.connexer.com/~roberto http://www.connexer.com
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