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Too short!Too short!Posted Dec 31, 2002 14:22 UTC (Tue) by jwharmanny (guest, #971)In reply to: Too short! by RobSeace Parent article: Red Hat errata policy updates and product end of life The only real problem I see is security updates. Old distro's come with old packages. All major software (kernel, Apache, SSH, etc.) have several vulnerabilities which are only resolvable by upgrading the respective applications and libraries to newer versions. Upgrading the whole distro would be much easier then upgrading those major apps by hand. Besides, would it be fair to expect a distributor to support software which is deprecated for a long time by their original authors?
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