On 10/05/2009 06:27 PM, Duncan Lithgow wrote:
> 2009/10/5 John Dong <email address hidden>:
>> (3) Furthermore, someone needs to step up to the plate in terms of
>> promising that the (somewhat frequent) security fixes to OpenOffice will
>> be backported too.
>
> Isn't that what LTS means? That the stability and security of the
> distro is assured for a longer period? So how can it be that security
> fixes in OOo are not being backported already now?
>
Major releases are not security releases.
On 10/05/2009 06:27 PM, Duncan Lithgow wrote:
> 2009/10/5 John Dong <email address hidden>:
>> (3) Furthermore, someone needs to step up to the plate in terms of
>> promising that the (somewhat frequent) security fixes to OpenOffice will
>> be backported too.
>
> Isn't that what LTS means? That the stability and security of the
> distro is assured for a longer period? So how can it be that security
> fixes in OOo are not being backported already now?
>
Major releases are not security releases.
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