And remember.. according to the debian site, only stable has the cover of the security team by Debian. The Security team doesn't do anything directly with unstable or testing. It all depends on how black/white you look at that statement you can find in the security faq, but.. I guess the maintainers and the security team would love to work together :-)
Cheers, Mark On Fri, Nov 15, 2002 at 09:15:10PM -0500, Tim Quinlan wrote: > Old-Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > From: Tim Quinlan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Robin Y. Millette" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > I agree. If you are running in a production environment that is exposed > to the Internet definently stick with stable. It's much easier to compile > a few "latest and greatest" programs that fit your needs than it is to > keep track of and compile all of the security updates. > > On Fri, 15 Nov 2002, Robin Y. Millette wrote: > > > Sonny Kupka wrote: > > > Being new to Debian distro, I was just wondering what people's thoughts > > > were on running testing in a ISP environment on a main server.. > > > > > > I don't want bleeding edge I just want "up to date" software on my > > > servers.. > > > > > > Just curious to others thoughts on the matter.. > > > > > > --- > > > Sonny > > > > > > > > > > The moment you abandon the security of the stable distribution, you have > > to handle all security alerts manually. If you can live with the > > versions offered by the stable applications, but still find there are a > > few applications where you need a more current version, look into the > > "pinning" feature woody offers. > > > > -- > > Robin Y. Millette (aka Lord D. Nattor) > > http://rym.waglo.com > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- -- Mark Lijftogt -- http://sans.rondom.org -- http://www.lijftogt.nl -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
