From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Feb 13 18:26: 6 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from tmd.df.ru (cr219023-a.rchrd1.on.wave.home.com [24.43.203.140]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A66C837B491 for ; Tue, 13 Feb 2001 18:26:02 -0800 (PST) Received: from vvk (unknown [192.168.0.2]) by tmd.df.ru (Postfix) with SMTP id 4FD93F614 for ; Tue, 13 Feb 2001 21:26:00 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <001101c0962d$75dfcd70$0200a8c0@vvk> From: "Mark Livingstone" To: Subject: SUGGESTION! please comment. Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 21:25:55 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_000E_01C09603.8C9ECEA0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_000E_01C09603.8C9ECEA0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="koi8-r" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable it is SOOO hard to keep up with security updates and stuff.. if i = haven't acidentally read mailing list yesterday (and i read it maybe = once in a month - 90% of users aren't subscribed at all) i wouldn't have = known about PROFTPD bugs.=20 perhaps someone could automate the process.. each night those who are = subscribed to, say, updates@freebsd.org would receive a file called = "dailyupdate" that would contain information with new updates and stuff = and will be used by a script to check for all versions of installed = programs. In case an older version is installed and there is a bug in it = - it would mail root notifying him of that. it would REALLY, REALLY help out a lot of people out there. not that i = am lazy to read mailing lists, but it's just impossible to keep up with = a number of them and other information eaten daily.=20 don't flame me if i sound unreasonable ;) ------=_NextPart_000_000E_01C09603.8C9ECEA0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="koi8-r" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

it is SOOO hard to keep up with = security updates=20 and stuff.. if i haven't acidentally read mailing list yesterday (and i = read it=20 maybe once in a month - 90% of users aren't subscribed at all) i = wouldn't have=20 known about PROFTPD bugs.

perhaps someone could automate the = process.. each=20 night those who are subscribed to, say, updates@freebsd.org would = receive a file=20 called "dailyupdate" that would contain information with new updates and = stuff=20 and will be used by a script to check for all versions of installed = programs. In=20 case an older version is installed and there is a bug in it - it would = mail root=20 notifying him of that.

it would REALLY, REALLY help out a lot = of people=20 out there. not that i am lazy to read mailing lists, but it's just = impossible to=20 keep up with a number of them and other information eaten daily. =

don't flame me if i sound unreasonable=20 ;)

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