[OE-core] [PATCH 1/1] ncurses: Update to 5.9
Tom Rini
tom_rini at mentor.com
Wed Apr 6 17:10:13 UTC 2011
On 04/06/2011 10:05 AM, Khem Raj wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 7:30 AM, Tom Rini <tom_rini at mentor.com> wrote:
>> On 04/05/2011 11:18 PM, Khem Raj wrote:
>>> On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 5:38 PM, Tom Rini <tom_rini at mentor.com> wrote:
>>>> The previous 5.7 release was relatively close to 5.8 due to it bringing
>>>> in a patch to sync with upstream work-in-progress. We skip over the
>>>> 5.8 release and move to 5.9.
>>>
>>>
>>> there already are patches for 5.9 available too
>>> ftp://invisible-island.net/ncurses/5.9/ncurses-5.9.patch.gz
>>
>> Wrong link? That reverse applies to ncurses 5.9 release. But
>> regardless, is ncurses something we need to be tracking top of tree for?
>> It seems like we needed to for 5.7 since there had been a lot going on
>> without a release but that seems to have changed now.
>>
>
> those patches usually contain critical bug fixes including security updates
> so it will be of interest to keep track of it
Well, it doesn't currently. And while I agree we need to do a good job,
everywhere, of keeping track of security updates, I don't think we
should move back to depending on a site that frequently removes patches.
--
Tom Rini
Mentor Graphics Corporation
More information about the Openembedded-core
mailing list