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> It's not the distro's job to ensure the application is secure and up to date On the contrary, it's the most important feature of distributions.
by goodpoint 4y ago
> It's not the distro's job to ensure the application is secure and up to date
On the contrary, it's the most important feature of distributions.
- compsciphd 4y agoso you install Oracle on a Debian installation, it's Debian's job to ensure Oracle is secure? I'm not talking applications provided by the distribution, those aren't "applications" (i.e. in my usage, something installed onto an existent operating system), but part of the provided operating system itself, and yes, I'd agree it's their job to keep their provided operating system secure. It's not their job to keep external apps secure (but to provide the means for whoever is maintaining those apps to keep them secure).