Re: FreeBSD Update is the binary update solution [Re: HEADS UP: Release schedule for 2006]

From: Erich Dollansky <oceanare_at_pacific.net.sg>
Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2005 11:05:45 +0800
Hi,

Scott Long wrote:
> Peter Jeremy wrote:
> 
>> I think FreeBSD Update shows the way forward but IMHO there needs to
>> be an "official" binary update tool accessible from www.freebsd.org.
>>
> 
> FreeBSD Update was written by, and is continuously maintained by the
> actual FreeBSD Security Officer.  It's as official as it gets.  If
> the only barrier to acceptance is that it's not distributed from the
> FreeBSD.org domain, then a) that's a silly argument, and b) it's easily
> solvable so long as Colin agrees.
> 
isn't this the problem Microsoft faces all the while when users download 
the latest security patch from somewhere in the Internet?

Teaching water and drinking wine?

Erich
Received on Sun Dec 18 2005 - 02:07:46 UTC

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