[development] update module

[Sean Robertson]

How will the version in Drupal 6 work for people who install Drupal 
directly from d.o CVS?  The current contrib module doesn't help at all 
(cvs_deploy doesn't seem to tie into it in anyway so it's not even 
useful to install update status).




Dries Buytaert wrote:
> Hello world,
> 
> I just reviewed the update.module once more and finally committed to to 
> CVS HEAD.  Kudos to dww and Earl for their hard work.  This is an 
> important module in terms of usability, but also for the security of 
> everything Drupal.  When security releases are made available, we'll be 
> in a much better shape.  If you were to ask me, this means that Drupal 
> is the first Open Source CMS that takes security to the next level and 
> that is not something to take lightly.
> 
> (This probably warrants a post on the drupal.org front page post but 
> I'll leave that up to dww and/or Earl to write -- if they want.)
> 
> Great job,
> 
> -- 
> Dries Buytaert  ::  http://www.buytaert.net/
> 

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Sean Robertson
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