[CentOS] Missing Thunderbird Updates

Farkas Levente lfarkas at lfarkas.org
Wed May 20 21:51:17 UTC 2009


Ned Slider wrote:
> nate wrote:
>> Akemi Yagi wrote:
>>
>>> We can't be the only ones still using C4 i386. Some of the outstanding
>>> security updates are rated critical; maybe people just don't realize
>>> how many unpatched vulnerabilities there are at this point.
>> I run C4 i386, though my systems are on trusted networks whose
>> only services are provided by 3rd party packages(mostly java/tomcat)
>> and my CentOS 4.6 machines are the least of my worries when it comes
>> to updates(hello RHEL 3 update 3!)
>>
>> When we get audited later this year I will try to push us onto RHEL,
>> should be easier to justify at that point.
>>
>> nate
>>
> 
> I think the point is that there must be something very wrong/broken if 
> a) security updates are missing for over a month, and b) people don't 
> even like to ask for fear of offending someone, and c) no one really 
> talks about it.

when 5.3 late for weeks many people ask and the answer was always "when
it'll be ready", and "don't ask it, if you need in time buy from
upstream". so now no one dare to ask it:-(

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  Levente                               "Si vis pacem para bellum!"



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