2010/3/8 David E. Wheeler <da...@kineticode.com>: >> Particularly if the vendor chooses to back-patch >> Safe security fixes without bumping the visible version number, as is >> not unlikely for Red Hat in particular. > > This is why I hate packaging systems. Frankly, Red Hat's Perl has been > consistently broken for close to a decade, mainly because of patching > practices such as this.
Goes both way - it's the main reason I hate CPAN, and I know many sysadmins who hold just that position. (to be clear: the lack of back-branch management on CPAN is what sucks) But we're not arguing that. We know it's a situation out there, and we jus thave to deal with it. -- Magnus Hagander Me: http://www.hagander.net/ Work: http://www.redpill-linpro.com/ -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
