Re: Online Update vs System Update?

Pat wrote:
houghi wrote:
Pat wrote:
Well, I'm primarily thinking of updates, since these normally contain
bug fixes and security improvements that make an application more
stable.
You are confusing two things. New features and security fixes.

Well, I just came from the Windows worlds where MS updates often
included both! ;^)

So I take it security fixes and bug fixes are treated separately?

It's just that openSUSE treats them that way. When a new version of a program comes out, openSUSE won't include it if it has a different minor version. It only includes new patch versions.

Yes, that's not good. But it means less work for the openSUSE maintainers. Yes, I think they're lazy.
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