On 13 June 2012 03:30, Ricardo Mones <mo...@debian.org> wrote: > What Ubuntu does or not does isn't necessarily a valid reason for Debian. > I've already explained why I don't want to do disable it (see merged bug).
Sorry, but you're wrong. Anyone who cares to know when the latest sylpheed is released would be better off subscribing to http://www.sraoss.jp/mailman/listinfo/sylpheed-announce chromium-browser, Firefox/Iceweasel, Thunderbird/Iceape, LibreOffice, etc. all explicitly disable the built-in update checker, because the built-in update checker is fundamentally incompatible with how updates work in Debian and other fine Linux distros. Arguably, those examples are far more critical from a security and feature standpoint to users than whether sylpheed is slightly out of date in the repository. The needless spam by the notice that a new update is available is pretty annoying for Debian testing users who have to wait at least 10 days before they get the new update. It's ridiculous though for users of stable distros such as Debian Stable, Ubuntu, and the countless derivatives of them. Jeremy -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
