So, we're up to 180MB in updates.

[Christofer C. Bell]

On 7/14/06, Chanchao <custom at freenet.de> wrote:
>
> Turns out though that, starting from a new CD, we're up to 180MB of
> updates right after installation.

Unfortunately, nearly 40% of that 180MB (71MB) is due to the
OpenOffice update addressed in USN-313-1[1].

> And also some of the updates are for software that's perhaps less than
> essential to keep at the bleeding edge, say, GIMP?  Still I don't like
> to see that orange 'Updates Available' icon all the time, it bugs me not
> being updated, so I compulsively want to download everything, including
> GIMP, even though I don't really use it.. :)

You may choose to make a point of reading the USNs[2] to satisfy
yourself that updates are not being released simply "to keep it
bleeding edge."   The GIMP update is addressed in USN-312-1[3] and is
related to a security vulnerability.

The only solution to keeping the number of security updates to a
minimum after release is to get those issues reported in Malone[4]
previous to release.  A guide for how to do that is also available[5].

[1] http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-313-1
[2] Ubuntu Security Notice (http://www.ubuntu.com/usn)
[3] http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-312-1
[4] https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+bugs
[5] https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs

-- 
Chris

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