On Tue, 2006-03-07 at 17:28 +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > I think the first thing to note is that irregular point releases aren't > a big deal I think they are underrated; they provide a good service to our users. - People buy CD's or use the non-net-install images because they don't have the desire to download large quantities of data on the target machine for good reasons. It's therefore a good service to them to include the updates from time to time on the cd's to limit the amount of downloading needed after install. - It includes critical updates that are not distributed in any other way. - Especially on slow links, having a reasonably up-to-date install cd reduces the window of vulnerability between installation and the time vulnerable services are updated. Just install Windows XP on a networked machine and see how it's infected before you had a chance to download updates. > which is to change the queue structure so that uploads don't enter > proposed-updates until approved by the SRM. I'm wondering why you don't take the more obvious step: add the SRM as an ftp-master for specifically updating stable. I believe that empowering people to fix things themselves works many times better than reducing the amount of work someone else has to do for them. I believe quite some optimisations in Debian could be accomplished by reducing the number of different people needed to reach a certain goal, rather than simplifying the steps each of them has to take, don't you? regards, Thijs
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