Re: Bug#137946 acknowledged by developer (Re: Bug#137946: security.debian.org: Debian web site is slow to show new DSAs)
On Tue, Mar 12, 2002 at 10:23:08AM +0100, Martin Schulze wrote:
> > >> Both http://www.debian.org/ and http://www.debian.org/security/ did not
> > >> contain a link to the DSA-119-1 that went out on March 7th until over
> >
> > > They do now.
> >
> > Yes, but the bug is that the DSAs are not posted when the DSAs are sent
> > out. If the DSAs aren't going to be kept up-to-date on the web pages
> > mentioned in the bug report, then they are not reliable as a security
> > tool and should be removed so nobody has any false impression that they
> > can receive notification in a timely manner by checking the web page.
> >
> > System administrators might be better off using a site such as
> > http://www.linuxsecurity.com/advisories/debian.html instead.
>
> Somebody may want to add something like that to some page.
How about you instead get off your ass and do what I suggested in the same
bug number?
It would really be a disgrace to have to point to an external site for stuff
that we basically already have, just not in that form.
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