Re: security.debian.org mirrors?
On Sun, Oct 22, 2000 at 06:37:42PM +0200, Florian Friesdorf wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 21, 2000 at 03:50:18PM +0200, Wichert Akkerman wrote:
> > Previously Florian Friesdorf wrote:
> > > What are the differences between
> > > http://http.us.debian.org/debian dists/potato-proposed-updates/
> > > and
> > > http://security.debian.org potato/updates main contrib non-free
> > > ?
> >
> > One is updates that might make it into a revision of potato,
> > and the other are verified security fixes.
>
> ok, please correct me if I'm wrong.
> - security fixes wil make it sooner or later into proposed-updates
That's the principle, yes.
> - to get security fixes as fast as possible I use
> security.debian.org
Yep.
> - new features only appear in proposed-updates
Generally (when possible), yes
> - I should use potato security fixes with woody
Well, it's safe to list it as an apt source, and there will
occasionally be things available there before in unstable. But fixes
also tend to go straight into unstable.
Dan
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