On Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 09:21:14AM BST, Carlos Fenollosa wrote: > Thanks Sebastien, > > Here’s a new rewrite with your contributions. > > If I may, I’d suggest to keep this list item short, as a summary, and maybe > write a longer > section on the FAQ expanding on it with more detail. If you feel that’s > appropriate, I can > volunteer to write it too.
Hi Carlos, You are fresh to OpenBSD and eager to help - I get it! That being said, FAQ is *not* an "OpenBSD for former Linux users" guide, and even if it were, the wording leaves a lot to be desired and, IMVHO, it doesn't add any value to the FAQ. Regards, Raf P.S. Send unified diffs. > Index: faq9.html > =================================================================== > RCS file: /cvs/www/faq/faq9.html,v > retrieving revision 1.113 > diff -c -r1.113 faq9.html > *** faq9.html 11 May 2015 11:18:30 -0000 1.113 > --- faq9.html 29 Jun 2015 08:15:15 -0000 > *************** > *** 133,138 **** > --- 133,153 ---- > will be corrected rapidly, not something that will be permitted to > continue. > > + <li>Binary packages are available to install new software through > + pkg_add(1), but there are no binary security updates. The team has no > resources > + to constantly compile binaries for all architectures, they do it only > + every -release. You can build your own packages from ports(7). > + Thus, unlike Linux distributions, which come with a > + package manager which takes care of updates (<tt>yum</tt>, > + <tt>apt-get</tt>, etc), there is no single command to update the system > + to the latest binary status. Keeping up-to-date (including security errata) > + is a bit different. You can either (1) upgrade every -release, > + (2) apply patches from<a href="../errata">errata</a> or (3) follow > + <a href="../stable">-stable</a>. Binary updates may be obtained > + from <a href="https://stable.mtier.org";>a third party</a> for the i386 > + and amd64 architectures for the base system, using the same mechanism > + than for ordinary packages, and standard packages, for -stable.</li> > + > <li>OpenBSD has gone through heavy and continual security auditing to > ensure the quality (and thus, security) of the code.
