Re: Essential updates?

From: Matthew Miller (mattdm_at_mattdm.org)
Date: 12/21/04

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    On Tue, Dec 21, 2004 at 04:55:32AM +0100, August wrote:
    > > <http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/> to get some idea.
    > Didn't find much info in fedora-announce-list, but thanks anyway. I know
    > that e.g. Windows Update separates essential security updates from other
    > updates. A similar feature in yum or Up2date would be extremely useful.

    Well, actually, you should find *all* of the info on fedora-announce-list.

    (A few packages didn't get an announcement at all, but it's basically safe
    to assume that those were less than critical.) 

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