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Comment 6 for bug 1370416

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Seth Arnold (seth-arnold) wrote : Re: Central and German package servers ship different state of the same package marked as the same version

It is normal for security updates to be copied to the -updates pocket of the mirror network in order to provide better update availability and speed to everyone.

We don't expect users to determine if an update is a security update based on the URL where the package can be found.

Instead, our updater will by-default prompt users to install security updates daily (see System Settings | Software & Updates | Updates -> "When there are security updates").

We also publish Ubuntu Security Notices for officially supported packages -- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/ and https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/ -- for users who want to stay on top of security updates manually.

Administrators may also install the unattended-upgrades package if they want to install security updates (or other updates) automatically.

Thanks