On 11/20/2010 06:34 PM, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > I recommend it, but there aren't that many packages in it anyway so you are > likely not missing anything. I added it back did an update, and I think it did find 1 or 2 apps to update.. nothing.. that I could see, that might be a security issue..
> Volatile is meant for updates to packages whose usefulness naturally degrades > as time passes, like virus scanners and spam filters. IIRC, occasionally IM > software is even updated when proprietary protocols change. Basically stuff > that loses functionality because of reasons outside of Debian's control. In > some ways it overlaps with backports, since new upstream versions are allowed > in some cases. It has been official much longer than backports, IIRC. yeah, like rkhunter. I was running 1.3.6 and 1.3.8 is the latest.. > It isn't appropriate for fixing security flaws; that's what the security > repository is for. It isn't for new upstream versions because the new > version > has additional features that the old version is lacking; that's what the > backports repository is for. I don't want to go too far forward, because I DO NOT want kde4 installed, EVER. I run gnome/lxde, and my wife runs kde3.. She is already mad because people email her with M$ powerpoint attachments, and we hear no sound from them... isn't that what youtube is for? I cannot understand why people will send 9Mb powerpoint attachments of a youtube video, instead of a LINK to the video!( but that is another thread for another day:) thanks for the info! -- Paul Cartwright Registered Linux user # 367800 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4ce91209.3070...@pcartwright.com
