Re: backports security

2009-11-21 Thread Jesús M. Navarro
Hi, Paul: On Saturday 21 November 2009 00:36:12 Paul E Condon wrote: > On 20091120_212056, Jes?s M. Navarro wrote: [...] > > Unfortunately? I'd better say "by design". Unstable/Testing is not > > there to provide a product to final users but to provide a testbed for > > software integration.

Re: backports security

2009-11-20 Thread Paul E Condon
On 20091120_212056, Jes?s M. Navarro wrote: > Hi Gerfried: > > On Thursday 19 November 2009 13:55:25 Gerfried Fuchs wrote: > > Hi! > > > > Thanks to Sven for bringing the thread to my attention. > > > > * Sven Hoexter [2009-11-19 08:42:49 CET]: > > > On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 02:16:15PM +0700,

Re: backports security

2009-11-20 Thread Jesús M. Navarro
Hi Gerfried: On Thursday 19 November 2009 13:55:25 Gerfried Fuchs wrote: > Hi! > > Thanks to Sven for bringing the thread to my attention. > > * Sven Hoexter [2009-11-19 08:42:49 CET]: > > On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 02:16:15PM +0700, Sthu Deus wrote: > > > I have searched backport, wiki web s

Re: backports security

2009-11-19 Thread Gerfried Fuchs
Hi! Thanks to Sven for bringing the thread to my attention. * Sven Hoexter [2009-11-19 08:42:49 CET]: > On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 02:16:15PM +0700, Sthu Deus wrote: > > I have searched backport, wiki web sites and still can not > > understand: does debian security team works with its pack

Re: backports security

2009-11-18 Thread Sven Hoexter
On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 02:16:15PM +0700, Sthu Deus wrote: > Good day. > > I have searched backport, wiki web sites and still can not understand: does > debian security team works with its packages or not? In other words, using > stable only and desiring the same security quality, I would not us

Re: [backports & security]

2006-06-04 Thread Felix C. Stegerman
* John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-06-04 18:34]: > Felix C. Stegerman writes: > > I'll stick with stable and backport mysql, vim and the kernel > > myself. > > First check backports.org. Someone probably has already done it > (and there are 2.6 kernels in Stable). backports.org has mysql-se

Re: [backports & security]

2006-06-04 Thread John Hasler
Felix C. Stegerman writes: > I'll stick with stable and backport mysql, vim and the kernel myself. First check backports.org. Someone probably has already done it (and there are 2.6 kernels in Stable). -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscrib

Re: [backports & security]

2006-06-04 Thread Felix C. Stegerman
* "Roberto C. Sanchez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-06-01 16:33]: > Felix C. Stegerman wrote: > > > > I'm running unstable on my desktop (well, actually a laptop), so I'm > > accustomed to the occasional breakage and could probably live with it. > > > > I'm just reluctant to use unstable on a produc

Re: [backports & security]

2006-06-04 Thread Felix C. Stegerman
* Johannes Wiedersich [2006-06-01 17:53]: > Felix C. Stegerman wrote: > > > Do you know what would be the best way to make sure I don't miss any > > of those updates? If I backport e.g. mysql from unstable/testing, > > will I be able to rely on security announcements to debian-security, > > or do

Re: [backports & security]

2006-06-01 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
Felix C. Stegerman wrote: > Do you know what would be the best way to make sure I don't miss any > of those updates? If I backport e.g. mysql from unstable/testing, > will I be able to rely on security announcements to debian-security, > or do I need to check for new vulnerabilities upstream? J

Re: [backports & security]

2006-06-01 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
George Borisov wrote: > Felix C. Stegerman wrote: > >>Wouldn't mixing stable and testing be less secure than using >>backports? Or is security support for testing good enough to rely on >>for (some packages on) production servers? > > > Supposedly testing gets security updates now. It is in > s

Re: [backports & security]

2006-06-01 Thread George Borisov
Felix C. Stegerman wrote: > > Wouldn't mixing stable and testing be less secure than using > backports? Or is security support for testing good enough to rely on > for (some packages on) production servers? Supposedly testing gets security updates now. It is in security.debian.org together with

Re: [backports & security]

2006-06-01 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
Felix C. Stegerman wrote: > > I'm running unstable on my desktop (well, actually a laptop), so I'm > accustomed to the occasional breakage and could probably live with it. > > I'm just reluctant to use unstable on a production server connected to > the internet, because I don't want to leave the

Re: [backports & security]

2006-06-01 Thread Felix C. Stegerman
* Andrei Popescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-06-01 14:47]: > > > It is said that compiling your own kernel with make-kpkg should > > > be pretty easy. It generates a kernel package which you can than > > > install with "dpkg -i". Never tried it myself though ... > > > Compiling smaller software is ge

Re: [backports & security]

2006-06-01 Thread Felix C. Stegerman
* "Roberto C. Sanchez" [2006-06-01 14:59]: > Felix C. Stegerman wrote: > > > > I've thought about using unstable (see an earlier thread I > > started), and decided to go with stable instead. But it's nice to > > know that unstable can be used with very little problem. > > > > In general, there

Re: [backports & security]

2006-06-01 Thread Felix C. Stegerman
* George Borisov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-06-01 11:39]: > Felix C. Stegerman wrote: > > > > I'm about to install sarge on a (production) server of my own, and > > would rather like to have the latest versions of: > > * mysql (5.0) > > * vim (7.0) > > * the Linux kernel (2.6.16) [ppc] > > T

Re: [backports & security]

2006-06-01 Thread Felix C. Stegerman
* Johannes Wiedersich [2006-06-01 12:39]: > > I'm about to install sarge on a (production) server of my own, and > > would rather like to have the latest versions of: > > * mysql (5.0) > > * vim (7.0) > > * the Linux kernel (2.6.16) [ppc] > > Since these are not in sarge, I'm considering usin

Re: [backports & security]

2006-06-01 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
Felix C. Stegerman wrote: > > I've thought about using unstable (see an earlier thread I started), > and decided to go with stable instead. But it's nice to know that > unstable can be used with very little problem. > In general, there are not too many problems or breakages with unstable. Occa

Re: [backports & security]

2006-06-01 Thread Andrei Popescu
"Felix C. Stegerman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * Andrei Popescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-06-01 08:10]: > > > * Also, since even backports.org does not seem to have vim 7.0 and > > > kernel 2.6.16 (yet), what would be the best way/place to get these > > > from ? Should I (try to) bac

Re: [backports & security]

2006-06-01 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
Felix C. Stegerman wrote: Hi, I'm about to install sarge on a (production) server of my own, and would rather like to have the latest versions of: * mysql (5.0) * vim (7.0) * the Linux kernel (2.6.16) [ppc] Since these are not in sarge, I'm considering using backported versions from backp

Re: [backports & security]

2006-06-01 Thread George Borisov
Felix C. Stegerman wrote: > > I'm about to install sarge on a (production) server of my own, and > would rather like to have the latest versions of: > * mysql (5.0) > * vim (7.0) > * the Linux kernel (2.6.16) [ppc] The latter will probably cause the most problems. The Debian packages of the

Re: [backports & security]

2006-05-31 Thread Felix C. Stegerman
* Robert Van Horn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-06-01 08:41]: > > * Are you using unofficial repositories (e.g. backports.org) on > > production servers ? > > * Do you (and can I) trust backports.org ? > > * Also, since even backports.org does not seem to have vim 7.0 and > > kernel 2.6.1

Re: [backports & security]

2006-05-31 Thread Felix C. Stegerman
* Andrei Popescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-06-01 08:10]: > > * Also, since even backports.org does not seem to have vim 7.0 and > > kernel 2.6.16 (yet), what would be the best way/place to get these > > from ? Should I (try to) backport them myself ? > > It is said that compiling your o

Re: [backports & security]

2006-05-31 Thread Andrei Popescu
"Felix C. Stegerman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * Also, since even backports.org does not seem to have vim 7.0 and > kernel 2.6.16 (yet), what would be the best way/place to get these > from ? Should I (try to) backport them myself ? It is said that compiling your own kernel with mak