On Wednesday 03 September 2003 12:02, John Keller wrote: > John Allen wrote: > > On Wednesday 03 September 2003 10:17, Radek Vybiral wrote: > > > On Wed, 3 Sep 2003, Robert Pollak wrote: > > > > John Keller wrote: > > > > > Cooker is always in flux but at certain moments, snapshots are > > > > > made. > > > > > > > > Does this mean there will be no further stabilizing branch after 9.2, > > to > > > > > eventually get a 9.2.1? > > > > > > You may get 9.2.1 = 9.2 + updates. > > > > Whilst this is true, it would perhaps be better to have a real 9.2.1, > > 9.2.2 > > > etc.... > > > > ie. official points in time that reflect a 9.2 + a specific set of > > updates. > > > the /etc/mandrake-release file should also say 9.2.1 etc... > > Yes, it would also be nice if crackers and researchers would stop trying to > find security problems every day. And darned if fixes don't come out on a > regular basis! :) >
Jeez yeah that would be great; god damn crackers. > I'm not sure what benefit having releases like this would give. Either > you're patched or not. I can't think of any company that could devote > resources to a new release on the schedule that a point-point release > demands. Especially not any Linux distro company, who are all pulling a > balancing act just maintaining a six-month cycle (or less). > I'm not talking about a new release; more like a bundled up set of patches. Its easy to download patches from the net on a daily basis, but you'd be surprised how many people cannot do this, they simply don't have fact enough net access. > Apple does this do point-point releases in name, but that's because they > release hardware and the releases could be normal point releases if it > weren't for marketing. Even Microsoft doesn't bother, and they love release > (marketing) events. > > I think you're worried about the wrong thing. "Official" has little to do > with the name of the product and everything to do with the source of the > updates. If you're already getting those (through the nicely done Mandrake > Update tool, natch), it certainly isn't "better" to slap a point name on > them. > > - John -- John Allen, Email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] MandrakeClub Silver Member.
