Ubuntu Security Updates for Mini 9

[yakker.yak]

The Mini 9 has its own, separate repositories with packages built/optimized
for the Mini 9 LPIA architecture, which is compatible with but not identical
to the default i386 architecture of standard Hardy. All of the Ubuntu
packages (base + applications) for the Mini 9 come from the Dell/Canonical
repositories ...

On 12/8/08, Art Alexion <art at rhd.org> wrote:
>
> We just got at mini 9 and haven't gotten around to playing with it yet.
> I was under the impression that updates came from the regular ubuntu
> repositories with only mini-9 specific drivers and interface
> customizations coming from Dell.
>
> If I am correct, OOo and FF updates shouldn't depend on the Dell repos,
> but from the regular Ubuntu repos.
>
> Am I wrong?
>
>
>
> On Sun, 2008-12-07 at 20:34 -0500, yakker.yak wrote:
> > To further clarify, this bug specifically addresses the lack of
> > updates so far for the Mini 9 (including lack of security updates) and
> > (as can be seen from the lack of activity) there hasn't been any
> > response from Ubuntu developers to date ...
> >
> > Any info or updates from Dell developers (or others involved) would be
> > greatly appreciated.
> >
> >
> > On 12/7/08, Nicola Ferralis <feranick at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >         A specific bug was filed on launchpad:
> >
> >         https://bugs.launchpad.net/dell-mini/+bug/301489
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >         ______________________________________________________________
> >         Date: Sun, 7 Dec 2008 10:49:45 -0800
> >         From: yakker.yak at gmail.com
> >         To: linux-desktops at dell.com
> >         Subject: Ubuntu Security Updates for Mini 9
> >
> >
> >         Hi there,
> >
> >         Several users including myself [1] are concerned that there
> >         haven't been any security updates available for the Mini 9
> >         even though these updates have been available for the standard
> >         8.04 for some time now.
> >
> >         Among other things, these include important security fixes to
> >         Firefox [2] and OpenOffice [3].
> >
> >         The last update to the Dell Mini 9 Ubuntu repositories appears
> >         to have been in late October!
> >
> >         Can anyone confirm when we can expect these core security
> >         updates to be available for our Mini 9s?
> >
> >
> >         [1] http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1002000
> >         [2] https://bugs.launchpad.net/dell-mini/+bug/299706
> >         [3] https://bugs.launchpad.net/dell-mini/+bug/302755
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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