Comment 15 for bug 125283

Turning off updates in 7 so I get no updates until 8 seems like an
appropriate balance between the risk of being damaged by a security
violation and the risk of being damaged by a security update. If you think
otherwise, quantify.

Kirk

On 7/23/07, Alexander Sack <email address hidden> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Jul 23, 2007 at 05:07:43PM -0000, Kirk Fraser wrote:
> > Again, I think the risk of not updating between Ubuntu 7 and Ubuntu 8 is
> not
> > significant. Therefore, perhaps you should quantify the risk if you are
> > going to continue claiming it is "major." How many hours can U 7 be
> > expected to run bug free with and without updates? I think that should
> be
> > the deciding factor for the general population of users, even though I
> > understand developers must constantly update for a variety of reasons.
>
> its not about upgrading from 7 to 8 ... its about getting security
> updates (e.g. you might read that as 7.x.x.0 to 7.x.x.1
>
> - Alexander
>
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> No "No Updates" Choice
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