On Thu, Apr 27, 2006 at 03:49:39PM +0200, Philipp Wollermann wrote:
The problem we try to explain is, that SUSE backports security fixes without increasing the version number of an application (they can't, because they only backport security fixes and not all source code changes in a newer upstream version). So if you update with YOU, your system is safe. If you know about backporting etc. [...]
So the problem is not that SUSE backports fixes or that there is no increase in version. The problem is that communication about what YOU does must be improved. Whjile at it, it should also be explained what the consequences are when you do an external update instead of using YOU. e.g. people who now read the 1.5.0.1 to 0.2 thing might not read it the next time. No idea how to make this clear to end-users. There was a time you could wack them over the head with the two manuals. ;-) Seriouly, an explanation of what happens when not using it and what happens if you use it should be (more?) visably explained. houghi -- Nutze die Zeit. Sie ist das Kostbarste, was wir haben, denn es ist unwiederbringliche Lebenszeit. Leben ist aber mehr als Werk und Arbeit, und das Sein wichtiger als das Tun - Johannes Müller-Elmau