From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 18 03:07:46 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA71316A422 for ; Sun, 18 Dec 2005 03:07:46 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from oceanare@pacific.net.sg) Received: from smtpgate2.pacific.net.sg (smtpgate2.pacific.net.sg [203.120.90.32]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B69EB43D5F for ; Sun, 18 Dec 2005 03:07:44 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from oceanare@pacific.net.sg) Received: (qmail 31942 invoked from network); 18 Dec 2005 03:07:42 -0000 Received: from maxwell6.pacific.net.sg (203.120.90.212) by smtpgate2.pacific.net.sg with SMTP; 18 Dec 2005 03:07:40 -0000 Received: from [192.168.0.107] ([210.24.124.189]) by maxwell6.pacific.net.sg with ESMTP id <20051218030740.OBXU16871.maxwell6.pacific.net.sg@[192.168.0.107]>; Sun, 18 Dec 2005 11:07:40 +0800 Message-ID: <43A4D209.2000609@pacific.net.sg> Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2005 11:05:45 +0800 From: Erich Dollansky Organization: oceanare pte ltd User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 (X11/20051204) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Scott Long References: <43A266E5.3080103@samsco.org> <20051217215434.GB92180@svcolo.com> <20051217220807.GA28741@freebie.xs4all.nl> <43A492B6.6050305@t-hosting.hu> <20051217232856.GT77268@cirb503493.alcatel.com.au> <43A4B91D.8040304@samsco.org> In-Reply-To: <43A4B91D.8040304@samsco.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Peter Jeremy , stable@freebsd.org, =?ISO-8859-1?Q?K=F6vesd=E1n_G=E1bor?= , current Subject: Re: FreeBSD Update is the binary update solution [Re: HEADS UP: Release schedule for 2006] X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2005 03:07:47 -0000 Hi, Scott Long wrote: > Peter Jeremy wrote: > >> I think FreeBSD Update shows the way forward but IMHO there needs to >> be an "official" binary update tool accessible from www.freebsd.org. >> > > FreeBSD Update was written by, and is continuously maintained by the > actual FreeBSD Security Officer. It's as official as it gets. If > the only barrier to acceptance is that it's not distributed from the > FreeBSD.org domain, then a) that's a silly argument, and b) it's easily > solvable so long as Colin agrees. > isn't this the problem Microsoft faces all the while when users download the latest security patch from somewhere in the Internet? Teaching water and drinking wine? Erich