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Re: [opensuse-factory] updating factory
- From: "Ulrich Windl" <ulrich.windl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 13:19:02 +0200
- Message-id: <442D2C45.38.5B367@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
On 31 Mar 2006 at 12:56, houghi wrote:
[...]
> Concerning updates: If it ain't broke, don't fix it. On Usenet I always
> ask the question WHY people do a certain update (e.g. aa KDE update) and
> in about 90% that an answer is given, people don't know. Also most people
> do not know that when they do an update, that YOU won't update that
> package.
Occasionally I think: "It can only become better" (reason for upgrade)
>
> e.g. update from Firefox 1.0 to 1.5. Day that a security leak is found in
> 6 months. My 1.0 will be patched by SUSE (Thanks guys and girls) most
> peoples 1.5 won't be patched, because they asume YOU will do it for them.
Firefox 1.5 is expected to patch itself.
[...]
Regards,
Ulrich
[...]
> Concerning updates: If it ain't broke, don't fix it. On Usenet I always
> ask the question WHY people do a certain update (e.g. aa KDE update) and
> in about 90% that an answer is given, people don't know. Also most people
> do not know that when they do an update, that YOU won't update that
> package.
Occasionally I think: "It can only become better" (reason for upgrade)
>
> e.g. update from Firefox 1.0 to 1.5. Day that a security leak is found in
> 6 months. My 1.0 will be patched by SUSE (Thanks guys and girls) most
> peoples 1.5 won't be patched, because they asume YOU will do it for them.
Firefox 1.5 is expected to patch itself.
[...]
Regards,
Ulrich
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