jeremiah
Thu, 18 Oct 2007 13:43:52 -0700
On Oct 18, 2007, at 8:56 PM, Chris Nandor wrote:
Not sure what you mean by losing things from upstream.
Just that when I chose to compile software on my own, I lose all the debian security work.
They look over packages and report vulnerabilities, I can just update with apt-get and get a new version - if I compile from source then I have to follow security warnings for the software I installed on my own. This is not a big deal if we are just talking about two or three applications, but if you are supporting a platform or a distribution, having the debian security do security for thousands of packages becomes a service that money cannot buy.
Jeremiah