On Sun, Nov 13, 2005 at 02:42:25AM -0700, Scott wrote: > Robert Brockway wrote: > > It's normal for the Debian security team to backport changes into > > the existing code base in Debian. Thus I expect the Firefox 1.04 to > > be the vanilla source 1.04 plus backported security fixes. This is > > a _good_ thing as it means less changes on an update. This is one > > of the strengths of the Debian approach. > > Perhaps, but it's also confusing to anyone coming to Debian from > another Linux distro.
I don't see why: the ship the version they state they do, and fix security problems as they arise. Very logical to me. If people really expect either security problems to sit unfixed, then I think they have been set a pretty low standard by whatever other distro they've come via. > Let's just hope they *properly* update the user agent string.. I don't think the UA should be used to describe security patch levels. -- Jon Dowland http://jon.dowland.name/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]