-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 04/02/07 13:10, Wei Chen wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: > >> It's not officially supported in Stable because the policy is that >> Stable only gets security updates, not feature updates. > Oh, didn't know that.
Yup. http://www.debian.org/doc/FAQ/ch-getting.en.html#s-updatestable No new functionality is added to the stable release. Once a Debian version is released and tagged `stable' it will only get security updates. That is, only packages for which a security vulnerability has been found after the release will be upgraded. All the security updates are served through security.debian.org. Security updates serve one purpose: to supply a fix for a security vulnerability. They are not a method for sneaking additional changes into the stable release without going through normal point release procedure. Consequently, fixes for packages with security issues will not upgrade the soft- ware. The Debian Security Team will backport the necessary fixes to the version of the software distributed in `stable' instead. >> Another important question: are you a "user" who just wants to get >> his work done, or a "computer geek enthusiast"? > > I am mainly the first type, but I occasionally want to play with my > computer. So, how important is it for you to have (relatively) recent versions of client software (NOTING that current stable uses the ancient firefox 1.0.4, and that sticking with stable would mean that Etch will be at iceweasel 2.0.0.3 when it is just as antique as FF 1.0.4 is now)? - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day. Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGEUsGS9HxQb37XmcRAjkKAJwIY5KE8YDrSc00ZAq4KiXx8tqOYwCaAoY4 ogGwRHsdrAY9djGhGCMWKSc= =FHVs -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
