Heiko Schlittermann wrote: > FYI, from the FAQ of lamson: > http://lamsonproject.org/docs/faq.html > ------- > Debian and CentOS are notorious for being dinosaurs. Both distributions of > Linux suffer from the false rationale that older software is more stable > and > secure. The reality is that the stability or security of a piece of > software is > not a function of its age, and in many cases the newer versions of > software > will typically fix many stability and performance problems. Despite this > fact, > these two variants of Linux are notorious for back-porting patches from > later > versions to older versions rather than just using the newer version.
Sounds like one wants to check with the upstream what their plan to handle security issues is. -- Bernd Zeimetz Debian GNU/Linux Developer http://bzed.de http://www.debian.org GPG Fingerprints: 06C8 C9A2 EAAD E37E 5B2C BE93 067A AD04 C93B FF79 ECA1 E3F2 8E11 2432 D485 DD95 EB36 171A 6FF9 435F -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
