chasd <chasd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: [...] > Another outgrowth of the Fedora release cycle is I usually only apply > security updates, or updates that fix specific problems I experience. > There is no sense for me to download and apply updates for hardware I > don't use, for example. I figure I'll pick up application updates in > 6 months when the next release drops, I usually don't need the update > _right now_. Very, very bad idea. You don't /know/ what the maintainer just happened not to mention in the ChangeLog (there you see everything from BZ-by-BZ and CVE details to just "Updated" (if that much). And more than once a fix for a "minor bug" happened to close a bad vulnerability... -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616 counter.li.org Departamento de Informatica Fono: +56 32 2654431 Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria +56 32 2654239 Casilla 110-V, Valparaiso, Chile Fax: +56 32 2797513 -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
