vulnerability of Linux

[Mike McCarty]

Les Mikesell wrote:
> On Mon, 2005-11-28 at 18:31, Mike McCarty wrote:
> 
>>>Why is it safer to update 10 packages once a month than 0.33 packages
>>>every day?
> 
> 
>>Because packages sometimes get retracted. I like to let them
>>soak for a while before installation. And I don't install 10
>>a month. Usually, only two or three get updated. Also, when
>>I update, I *look* at what is being updated, and I don't always
>>accept everything there.
> 
> 
> Can you give some examples of where you have known better
> by "looking" at the updates than the developers who wrote
> them about whether you are safer without them?

Oh, BTW, it has little to do with knowing better than anyone.
It has to do with churn. I always make a backup before doing
an update. If things don't work out, then I can revert.

Mike
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