[Eug-lug] backporting?

[larry price]

backporting  is the process of applying security fixes from new
versions of a software package to older versions of the software.

It happens a lot in debian-stable and freebsd-stable because those
projects are concerned with building stable systems of known
components, but they still need up-to-date security.  The general
solution to this has been to use well-tested versions of  necessary
software and if necessary to import security fixes from later versions
of the same software.

Stability is a god thing, from an admin's position it can mean the
difference between a good nights sleep, and a night spent at the
terminal tracking other peoples mistakes.

>From an owner's perspective, it means that while they may not have the
latest features, the necessary work gets done, well.


On Sat, 29 Jan 2005 16:01:23 +0000, walter fry <kd7kpa at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Walter_newbe_Freihube here,,,what means backporting ? please..
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