patches

"This morning I announced the availability of bzr branches for every source package in Ubuntu". This should be a very powerful tool for ubuntu developers.

Should also make it easier for outsiders to provide patches and fix bugs.

Most of the major Linux vendors have released patches for a pair of bugs in libxml2, an XML C parser and toolkit developed for the Gnome project.

Mozilla Corp. on Wednesday patched 11 vulnerabilities in Firefox 3.0 -- and 12 bugs in the older Firefox 2.0 -- that could be used to compromise computers and steal information.

MacBook Pro discussion continues to lead today's reader reports, with more about variations in the new models, plus Bluetooth issues, mini-DisplayPort compatibility and much more.

VMSA-2008-0018 VMware Hosted products and patches for ESX and ESXi resolve two security issues Nov 07 2008 05:41AM VMware Security Team -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - ...

Improved startup time, new plugins (new-maximumize, minimumize, and new-put), a settings manager for KDE, revived input redirection patches, MPX patches, plus the requisite videos.

VMware Update Manager is a component of VMware Infrastructure that automates patches and upgrades of ESX hosts as well as Windows and Linux virtual machines.

Almost every UNIX variant has some sort of package and/or patch system. The reason should be fairly obvious.

An operating system vendor has the most complex update requirements of all.

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After the release of Linux 2.6.27, kernel developers are currently busily integrating patches for the next kernel version into the main development branch of Linux.

This usually involves discarding some old code and adding new code thouhg on balance, there are usually more new lines than old ones, making the kernel grow continually.