Gerfried Fuchs wrote: > * Glenn Maynard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-04-23 03:30]: > > If someone missed a meeting because a program they installed out of > > Debian had a time bomb in it, they would be justified in questioning > > their use of Debian, not just the application. > > No. They would be justified in questioning their opinion in their > usage of _un_stable for critical services without a clue about what to > do in such a case (like keeping former version (dpkg-repack) or taking a > look at <http://snapshot.debian.net/> for older packages).
No. With only very little change (date calculation) the timebomb would have exploded after the release of Debian was stable for half a year. It was fortunate that it only happened in unstable (ant not even in testing due to the glibc conversion I guess). Regards, Joey -- If nothing changes, everything will remain the same. -- Barne's Law Please always Cc to me when replying to me on the lists.