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From: Alex Efros <powerman@...>
Subject: Re: SearchSecurity.com: "Linux patch problems: Your distro may vary"
Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2006 12:31:55 +0300
Hi!

On Mon, Aug 07, 2006 at 10:11:23PM +0200, Sune Kloppenborg Jeppesen wrote:
> - Unstable uses usually get the fix hours or even days before the GLSA is 
> issued.

Why? I think security is important enough to force at least SOME admins to
upgrade packet from current "stable, with security hole" to "unstable, without
security hole"... but for this admins must know about this security hole
as soon as fix for it become available, no matter in x86 or ~x86.

-- 
			WBR, Alex.
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