Newest Gnome versus LTS

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Wed, 17 Jul 2019 12:21:46 +0200, Oliver Grawert wrote:
>what a user really only needs to care about is to keep the system up to
>date.

Hi,

I disagree, if a package from "main" such as openssl suffers from
something like Heartbleed, it might be better to wait a few days for a
fix, before continue using such a package's software.

It was even announced by television news and Bruce Schneier said:
"Catastrophic is the right word. On the scale of 1 to 10, this is an
11."

The Ubuntu help explains that not all repositories are supported and
warns regarding the risk using packages from those repos.

"Main

[snip] When you install software from the main component, you are
assured that the software will come with security updates and that
commercial technical support is available from Canonical." -
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories#Main

"Restricted

[snip] Please note that it may not be possible to provide complete
support for this software because we are unable to fix the software
ourselves - we can only forward problem reports to the actual authors.
[snip]" - https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories#Restricted

"Universe

[snip] Canonical does not provide a guarantee of regular security
updates for software in the universe component, but will provide these
where they are made available by the community. Users should understand
the risk inherent in using these packages. [snip]" -
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories#Universe

"Multiverse

[snip] This software is not supported and usually cannot be
fixed or updated. Use it at your own risk." -
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories#Universe

Regards,
Ralf