On Sun, Nov 10, 2013 at 2:50 PM, adrelanos wrote: > Hi! > > How (un)safe would it be...? When using Debian while... > > Not using: > deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free > deb http://security.debian.org stable/updates main contrib non-free > > Only using: > deb http://security.debian.org stable/updates main contrib non-free
You would no longer get any point release updates, which while only occurring every few months, often involve a lot of minor security updates. > Not using: > deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian testing main contrib non-free > deb http://security.debian.org testing/updates main contrib non-free > > Only using: > deb http://security.debian.org testing/updates main contrib non-free You would no longer get any updates at all, security or otherwise, since testing security updates no longer done via uploads to testing-security. They are done via uploads to unstable that eventually transition. Best wishes, Mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-security-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CANTw=mnzk1x_5gv5zv2o+xgqrbokbj4f5q5bm6fkmy-nyo5...@mail.gmail.com
