Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!gegeweb.org!de-l.enfer-du-nord.net!feeder2.enfer-du-nord.net!feeds.phibee-telecom.net!usenet.ukfsn.org!not-for-mail From: Martin Gregorie Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: Ubunto Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2011 21:37:35 +0000 (UTC) Organization: UK Free Software Network Lines: 19 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: 84.45.235.129 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: localhost.localdomain 1318887455 21124 84.45.235.129 (17 Oct 2011 21:37:35 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@localhost.localdomain NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2011 21:37:35 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Pan/0.135 (Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea; GIT 30dc37b master) Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.programmer:8931 On Sun, 16 Oct 2011 20:55:40 -0400, B1ll Gat3s wrote: > > The flip side of this, of course, is that Unix users can also wake up > one morning to fresh new bugs that have just spontaneously materialized > in software that had been working perfectly for them yesterday. :) > That's only true if you leave automatic updating enabled: I don't. By turning it off I can easily do a fast backup with rsync immediately before running yum, thus creating the possibility of a fairly easy backout should it be needed. So far, after 8+ years of using Fedora that hasn't been necessary. -- martin@ | Martin Gregorie gregorie. | Essex, UK org |