-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- On Fri, 12 Mar 1999, Shaleh wrote:
> Once released, only absolutly necessary updates are made, i.e security > issues. > All new packages go into unstable (currently potato). > I am curious: What if a security problem is found with the kernel that ships with, for example, slink, and the problem is only fixed in the 2.2.x kernel series. You can't simply add a new kernel package to slink to fix the bug, because kernel 2.2.x breaks some of the other packages included with slink. What happens in this case? Are those packages upgraded too? noah PGP public key available at http://lynx.dac.neu.edu/home/httpd/n/nmeyerha/mail.html or by 'finger -l [EMAIL PROTECTED]' This message was composed in a 100% Microsoft free environment. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBNulFlYdCcpBjGWoFAQFM9gQAirXPhNckobe6zxttuTdp0WAknnQn87x9 9Ny+LArDTc+FrlqvURvoF7KOEp7YM1T57n05SiOV/xxWI19+krYzPXNWBZHt+XaR yJEnnXmFuvJibkUNFHOYWG4zrov7kwY2QtAnHSyQPS0n6HcnPjF5mFcEf6OpWxUs O/fCUkoVl4U= =Nemc -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----