11 Apr
2005
11 Apr
'05
12:09 a.m.
On Apr 10, 2005, at 18:52, Johnny Hughes wrote:
{not to Jens particular, but to everyone :)} If you are going to compile a program from source (or roll your own SRPMS/RPMS for it), remember that you will have to keep your own software up2date ... and weigh the benefits of the new features against your own skills to keep your software updated :)
Having outdated software installed can lead to you being owned :)
You're 100% right, but in a lot of cases there's simply no way around it. Some distributions ship complete garbage, for example the methusaleh OpenLDAP packages that were used in RH-based distributions up to RH9, which they had dragged by its hair all the way from the RH 7.x versions...
jens