More Precise Naming Conventions Needed for Java and Security Updates

Originator:brunerd
Number:rdar://14389534 Date Originated:7/9/2013
Status:Closed/Duplicate Resolved:Yes
Product:OS X Product Version:10.6 10.7 10.8
Classification:Enhancement Reproducible:NA
 
UPDATE 2/25/2014
Security Update 2014-001 appends Lion to the 10.7 version, so it has unique names for both the filename and the softwareupdate command line output as well.

Summary:
Since mid 2012, all security updates and Java update package names have been stripped of platform name suffixes and in the case of Java, release numbers
 
Steps to Reproduce:
Download Security Update 2013-003 for all three platforms: Snow Leopard, Lion, and Mountain Lion
Open all the disk images

Expected Results:
Packages are uniquely named with the platform name in the suffix.

Actual Results:
Packages and Volume names are all the same resulting in confusion.

Regression:
Prior to Security Update 2012-004 for Snow Leopard naming was unique, after this suffixes were removed.
Prior to Java Updates for 10.7/10.8 release names were unique and denoted the release number.

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