From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Oct 24 20:40:27 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id UAA09530 for hackers-outgoing; Fri, 24 Oct 1997 20:40:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers) Received: from fly.HiWAAY.net (root@fly.HiWAAY.net [208.147.154.56]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id UAA09518 for ; Fri, 24 Oct 1997 20:40:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dkelly@nospam.hiwaay.net) Received: from nospam.hiwaay.net (tnt1-221.HiWAAY.net [208.147.147.221]) by fly.HiWAAY.net (8.8.7/8.8.6) with ESMTP id WAA06035 for ; Fri, 24 Oct 1997 22:40:20 -0500 (CDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nospam.hiwaay.net (8.8.7/8.8.4) with ESMTP id WAA04114 for ; Fri, 24 Oct 1997 22:40:18 -0500 (CDT) Message-Id: <199710250340.WAA04114@nospam.hiwaay.net> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG From: dkelly@hiwaay.net Subject: Re: why is freebsd distributed like this? Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 24 Oct 1997 22:40:18 -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > Why are there releases floating around with security holes in them? Who is going to go around and take them away from people? :-) I think its a good idea for Walnut Creek to keep older releases online for a while. Sometimes its handy to be able to go back to older software just to have a look. And for some, pulling it out of CVS might be too much. Its really inconvienent when a port's master site decides to update their code and delete the exact version a port relies on. As for security holes? That's what the -security list is for. Can't do much for people who don't care to help themselves. -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@hiwaay.net ===================================================================== The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system.