[clug] Old linux distros and support - why I like debian

[Kim Holburn]

On 2004 May 4, , at 11:49 AM, Martin Pool wrote:
> On  4 May 2004, Kim Holburn <kim.holburn at anu.edu.au> wrote:

...snip...

>> I've seen this on my network a number of times.  It is made worse by
>> commercial distros that time out maintaining security patches and
>> distros where patching is not automatic or requires some manual
>> configuration changes.  I know SuSE updates used to mess with /etc/
>> files on occasion and break important things.
>
> Interesting point.  On the other hand, I hate that Debian packages ask
> configuration questions during installation.  It means that you cannot
> count on doing unattended upgrades.

???  Debian asks you questions during installs but not during upgrades 
that I've noticed.

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