On Thu, Apr 20, 2006 at 09:26:56AM +0200, Christoph Thiel wrote: > On Thu, 20 Apr 2006, jdd wrote: > > > > The YaST Online Update has been used only for security and critical > > > updates in the past -- but there is no technical reason not to use it > > > for other/minor stuff, but we have choosen not to do this in the past. > > > This has been discussed many times on this list, so please let's try > > > not to get into this again now. > > > > I quoted on an other mail (sorry, I have not it at hand) that anybody > > can see in YOU three levels of colors, with "optional" patches. > > > > right now I see "SuSE Kde extensions" (SuSE written that way > > :-) "This update fixes problems with buttons being swapped > > in QMessageBoxes when the Qt/KDE integration is enabled." > > > > this don't seems security related > > > > but this is minor; it's easy to find solutions > > Ok, I should have phrased it like this: "... we have choosen to release > other/optional/minor updates as an exception only." However, with the > power of the openSUSE build service, we as a community might come to the > conclusion that it actually makes sense to create a repository with fixed > packages that covers all those littel bugs and glitches that you find > while using the distribution. But it should be obvious, that something > like this needs quite an effort by the community.
With 10.1 and on anyone can just provide an external update repository, which can be linked in. (I think.) Ciao, Marcus --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
