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| author | Aldo Cortesi <aldo@corte.si> | 2018-05-15 10:46:30 +1200 |
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| committer | Aldo Cortesi <aldo@corte.si> | 2018-05-15 10:46:30 +1200 |
| commit | 56010ebcb7e3ac175441c6f2d1cbdf12067092ca (patch) | |
| tree | db3fb15dfe00551e8b6a223a0007c231347374da /docs/src | |
| parent | 2db223decbf2aecb80aa3adc96643e84100bbb22 (diff) | |
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docs: clarify binary packaage admonition
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diff --git a/docs/src/content/overview-installation.md b/docs/src/content/overview-installation.md index d69805db..62762db4 100644 --- a/docs/src/content/overview-installation.md +++ b/docs/src/content/overview-installation.md @@ -51,19 +51,18 @@ command line. The console interface is not supported on native Windows. ## Self-contained Pre-built Binary Packages -For some platforms we provide pre-built binary packages containing -ready-to-run executables. This includes a self-contained Python 3 -environment, a recent OpenSSL that support ALPN and HTTP/2, and other -dependencies that would otherwise we cumbersome to compile and install. - -Please be advised that we do not update these binaries after the initial -release. This means we do not include security-related updates of our -dependencies in already released mitmproxy versions. If there is a -severe issue, we might consider releasing a bugfix release of mitmproxy -and corresponding binary packages. - -We only support the latest version of mitmproxy with bugfix and security -updates through regular minor releases. +For some platforms we provide pre-built binary packages containing ready-to-run +executables. This includes a self-contained Python 3 environment, a recent +OpenSSL that support ALPN and HTTP/2, and other dependencies that would +otherwise we cumbersome to compile and install. + +Dependencies in the binary packages are frozen on release, and can't be updated +in situ. This means that we necessarily capture any bugs or security issues that +may be present. We don't generally release new binary packages simply to update +dependencies (though we may do so if we become aware of a really serious issue). +If you use our binary packages, please make sure you update regularly to ensure +that everything remains current. + ## Docker Images |