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Virgin Apache is Hard to Find

Posted by michael on from the yow dept.

markcox writes "Apache Week had written an article examining the Apache packages distributed by 10 popuplar Linux vendors. The survey found that all the vendors added some patches to virgin Apache including build patches, backported security patches, changing the product name through to dubious patches, and missed security fixes."

3 of 49 comments (clear)

  1. Ok ? by noselasd · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    and ... ?

  2. Re:Did anyone else's mind go to the gutter... by AngryPuppy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Offtopic?

    Come on. It's a reasonable and almost funny response to the post above me. It's perfectly ON TOPIC for the coversation.

    Somewhere there's a moderator with "LOSER" emblazoned across his (her?) forehead because they couldn't find a better way to use their mod points.

  3. Modding can be tricky by Da+VinMan · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I didn't mod this (obviously since I'm posting), but I do know that moderating can be tricky sometimes.

    I once modded a comment as "Troll" because the comment concluded with some wise ass remark about their not being real thought put into posts on /. (or some such). I resented the remark because I usually try to keep my posts relatively intelligent, useful, accurate, etc. Hell, I even spell check my posts so I don't develop sloppy habits just because I'm posting on /.

    Anyway, no one understood the mod I made, so I got battered in meta-moderation. Well, if that wasn't bad enough, I think I also pissed off the local deities, because I got whacked with a couple of subsequent "Off Topic" mods to a couple of posts I made. It's not a big deal, but it was interesting timing.

    Anyway, in this case, maybe the mod is just a prick, but it's sometimes hard to tell.

    --
    Please mod this post only if you think others should/n't read this. I have enough ego^H^H^Hkarma. Thanks!