I’ll give credit where it is due. I had previously criticized Manjaro for holding back all package updates as this ignored security issues. But it appears that Manjaro has a new security policy, which means that packages that are rated as “Critical” or “High” in the Arch Security Advisories get pushed through their “quality assurance” process more quickly.
There is The Arch Way. An admirable ambition.
But, to me, Arch is the way. Which is a different but complementary ambition for Arch to become the preeminent upstream distro which gives life to numerous other distros, changing the course of Linux.
We all have much to benefit from Arch.
Thanks for revisiting your stance, Allan, it is quite admirable. I was very concerned when the issue was brought up originally; my main OS is Arch, but I was looking for Manjaro to be a quick OS to install for friends and some of my work machines. This development is a massive plus for us all.
If you’re going to give credit where it’s due, you have to give them credit for forgetting to upgrade their ssl certificate:
> Enjoy the simplicity.
I put the link in angle brackets, so it got removed: https://manjaro.github.io/expired_SSL_certificate/
Manjaro didnt forget. Reaction on it was in time, problem was the SSL holder didnt give ssl intime.
“Oops! We forgot to update our SSL certificate before it expired.”
And take note of the workaround they suggested: https://github.com/manjaro/manjaro.github.io/commit/440d40eb39bb62b5013010443fb5c402b41dfec5
https://manjaro.github.io/expired_SSL_certificate_update/
excerpt:
Regarding the expired SSL certificate: Roland got a reminder on Mon, 23 Mar 2015 18:14:37 +0900 (JST) from GlobalSign. He also replied in time for extension. Sadly we got no response from GlobalSign back then.
Luckily today, I got mail with a new certificate code from GlobalSign. They will sponsor us a Wildcard SSL from now on. Also, we want to thank all our community members, who donated so far. These donations will finance us for another half year.
Expect the current page run again by tomorrow.
Kind regards,
Philip Müller, Manjaro Development Team