mysql-server

[Marc Deslauriers]

On Tue, 2005-03-29 at 18:36 -0800, David Rees wrote:
> I work weekends and all public holidays here in the states, but have all 
> Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays off.  It would be extremely convenient to me
> if FL would only release updates on weekends and holidays, because then
> I'll be in the office in case something breaks.
> 
> Insert tongue-in-cheek here.  :-P
> 
> It's already been said why restricting release periods is a bad idea, but
> I'll say it again.  Security updates (the primary reason FL exists) need
> to be released ASAP, not when it's convenient for all of its users. 
> Especially if you are using mirrors which tend to lag behind the primary
> for some period of time.  It doesn't take much time for a cracker to write
> a worm which might take advantage of some exploit, the less time my
> systems are vulnerable to attack the better.  If you wish to submit your
> machines to longer periods of vulnerability, risk your own machines, not
> everyone else's too.

Yeah, that makes sense too.

Well, I guess we'll still release updates as they're ready.

Marc.
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