On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 11:38:28AM -0700, dann frazier wrote: > Yes - 2.6.18 is in stable, and as such will be security supported for > at least another year. Minor/local DoS security issues in the kernel > are very frequent, so updated packages are constantly in > preparation. Preparing kernel updates is resource intensive so, unless > there's a severe issue, etch users should expect 2.6.18 and 2.6.24 > updates to be staggered.
Yup, that's pretty much what I expected to hear; thanks for confirming. May I make a suggestion that you include a comment along these lines in the advisory texts? It would help reassure users that things haven't been forgotten about greatly. Cheers, Dominic. -- Dominic Hargreaves | http://www.larted.org.uk/~dom/ PGP key 5178E2A5 from the.earth.li (keyserver,web,email) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
