Re: On Mozilla-* updates

[Stefano Salvi <stefano@salvi.mn.it>]

Michael Stone wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 01, 2005 at 09:29:24AM +0200, Stefano Salvi wrote:
>
> > I think that two kinds of people are interested in Debian:
> > - Ones who want Security
> > - Ones who want Stability
>
>
> I can't even understand this statement. What kind of person is
> interested in "stability" which will get their machine compromised?
> Remember, we're talking about a *web browser* here--the primary purpose
> of which is to connect to web sites on the internet. That seems in my
> mind to be an application which cries out for some level of security.
> And it's not like old versions will disappear forever--if you reall need
> some kind of pedantic stability just put your browser on hold.
For "stability" I mean: "you can install any part od the system without 
worrying to break your machine" which is provided by the strong quality 
check cycle and very good dependency system.

If you go on reading, I say I whish that "critical" components as 
browsers are kept updated AFTER the relase, to keep security optimal.

Remember that security is always expressed in percent: there will never 
be 100% security.
It's shure that a server must have a higher security score than a 
desktop system, but it also needs different functionalities.
	Stefano