Security fixes in Extras

[Josh Boyer]

> On 1/13/06, Bill Nottingham <notting at redhat.com> wrote:
>> Hm. I suppose it's possible to do updates in that manner
>> (fedora-announce-list)
>> Once we get the advisory format settled in the metadata, it should
>> be easy enough for somebody to whack up a quick system that sends
>> the mail & adds the data.
>> My main concern with opening up fedora-announce-list is that I wonder
>> if the increase of volume because of *non*-security updates would
>> clutter the list.
>
> once the advisory format is settled in the metadata... we can get
> clientside tools that understand how to expose advisory text... and
> then the annouce-list isn't nearly as important a mechanism for the
> installed userbase and will serve hopefully as a historical/offline
> tool.

Yeah, maybe.  But I think the announce list is a much nearer goal and it
is still needed.  I happen to read fedora-announce each day to determine
whether or not I need to run yum update on my non-rawhide systems.  I'm
sure lots of other folks have machines running that aren't their primary
machines and don't do yum updates on a daily basis to see if something
needs updating.

josh