Why there are updates in yum that are not announced?

Matthew Miller mattdm at mattdm.org
Fri Nov 26 22:23:58 UTC 2004


On Fri, Nov 26, 2004 at 12:57:46AM -0400, Jorge Fábregas wrote:
> This is a question that many people ask here. Then answer is that usually 
> announcements are sent a couple of days later after the packages are placed 
> in the proper repository. This is to allow all mirrors to get synced so that 
> when then announcement is made people will find it in their respective 
> configured mirrors.

Also, the other answer is "Sometimes stuff gets released as an update
without an announcement; there doesn't really seem to be a formal
procedure."


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