On Sunday, 2014-05-18 at 14:46:21 +0200, Moritz Mühlenhoff wrote: > Ubuntu only provides security support for the "main" and "restricted" > archive sections: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/FAQ#Official_Support > But since the "universe" section is enabled by default, you'll end up > with a lot of unpatched security vulnerabilities on Ubuntu systems.
That must be why there are only 535 update packages for Trusty's Universe (for 35524 packages) and 1371 updates for Precise's 29406 packages... I admit that the numbers for multiverse are much lower (27 and 1), so your point is valid as soon as you enable the multiverse (672 and 741 packages). I guess you wouldn't get a very capable Ubuntu system if you disabled the Universe. Here is a table: Relase | Section | Packages | Security Updates Precise | Main | 8076 | 5407 Precise | Universe | 29406 | 1371 Precise | Multiverse | 672 | 73 Trusty | Main | 8566 | 526 Trusty | Universe | 35524 | 266 Trusty | Multiverse | 741 | 27 Numbers for Wheezy and Squeeze: Relase | Section | Packages | Security Updates Wheezy | Main | 35944 | 1193 Wheezy | Non-free | 475 | 0 Wheezy | Contrib | 210 | 0 Squeeze | Main | 28212 | 1777 Squeeze | Non-free | 403 | 0 Squeeze | Contrib | 187 | 1 So by sheer numbers Ubuntu has the better security. But I'm the first to admit that those numbers don't mean a lot except that somebody was really busy building packages... Lupe Christoph -- | The politician's syllogism: | | We must do something | | This is something | | Therefore, we must do this. | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-security-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140518140522.ge22...@lupe-christoph.de
