On Wed, May 17, 2006 at 08:19:40AM +0000, Steffen Wendzel wrote:

> : (back-patching security problems for the lifetime of the
> : distribution release, 7 years).

> Hmm... IMHO back-patching isn't that hard to implement

code can change a lot in 7 years. you can't really expect a patch
from current code to even apply to "the same" code from 7 years ago,
much less simply assume it is correct.

> But it would still need some kind of a secure server hosting the patches, money to
> run it, binary patches, people who will create binary patches, ...

which is why it doesn't exist, and why this thread is just a waste
of time.

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