On Saturday July 17 2004 4:30 pm, Philipp Thomas wrote:
Fred Miller
[Sat, 17 Jul 2004 15:00:50 -0400]: Yes, we all know that, Ben. The point is, and it SHOULD happen, is that shipped software updates ARE available via YOU.
You know perfectly well that SUSE only does updates for released distributions for security and/or serious non-security bugs.
Good grief! We all know that! That isn't the point.
If at all possible, we try to isolate the fixes and adapt these to the *released* version. Only if this isn't possible, new versions are released. But these cases are *very* rare.
and it SHOULD happen
I doubt you would be willing to pay the price SUSE would have to charge for a distribution where version updates are guaranteed to work flawlessly in all cases.
Interesting that I hear RH does, and Mandrake already is supposed to have this particular update available via their installer.
Yes, I do understand the wish but it just isn't doable.
'Sorry to hear that. Fred -- "Ballmer is no more designed for the art of persuasion than the Abrams tank is for delivering meals on wheels."