[tex-live] TeXLive2007: Bug in (Xe)TeX for 64bit and big endianess

[Martin Schröder]

2007/5/9, Hans Hagen <pragma at wxs.nl>:
> Dr. Werner Fink wrote:
> > Updates within an old distribution are nogoes for distributors. This
> > because you can not destroy certifications and tested states of an
> > existing product by getting unkown side effects with new binaries
> > in an existing package.  The way to go is to fix the security issue
> > and provide an update with a binary patch on the existing package.
> > Our QA would never accept a full update to an new version of texlive
> > on an old product line without a real BETA testing session.
> >
> sure, but i'm not talking of a massive update, just the self contained
> pdftex binary, which is one file

No. You follow the principle of least surprise and change only what
you must change, i.e. security fixes.

Imagine a customer (we're talking about SLES here) relying on bugs
(i.e. having worked around them) in 1.30 complaining that his app
doesn't work anymore because you silently replaced his pdftex with
1.40.

Best
   Martin