On Friday 22 July 2005 20:32, Koen Vermeer wrote: > On Fri, 2005-07-22 at 19:13 +0100, Lee wrote: > > Will updates such as this continue to be added to the sarge depositories > > or is every software update now a manual affair? What is the best way to > > manage this process? > > I myself track testing, with packages from unstable if some bug is > bothering me or when I feel adventurous... If there is a serious bug, I > expect it to be fixed in stable, but I don't know if the firefox thing > falls into that category.
Firefox 1.0.5 is a fairly serious security fix and 1.0.6 is a combination of security and functional fixes. > You could manually update firefox from the > unstable or testing distribution (1.0.6 is in unstable now for i386). Or > you can wait and see if a new version is backported to stable > (www.backports.org). > thank you, I was not sure that one could "pick and mix" from testing/unstable... > Finally, you could consider something like Ubuntu. The reason that I'm > suggesting this is because I think that if you weren't happy with Debian > stable before the sarge release, then you're probably not happy with > stable in a few months when it starts to get older and older. And if I > understood correctly, with your Debian knowledge you'll still feel at > home with Ubuntu. > Funnily enough I have looked at Ubuntu but I use this machine daily for work and am loath to change anything. Thank you for the tips. Lee -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
