Hello Jeremy Davis (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote:
> I am in the process of learning the the subtle differences in debian > compared to my main linux distro, which is Slackware. So I believe > that I am going to move to debian because of apt and all that it > implies :) > But I do have a question. Am I missing something in apt-get when > updating the packages. I noticed that perl 5.6 is kind of old as well > as the apache 1.3.26. Are the debian packages not kept up-to-date? > If not maybe I should move to something else? Sorry for my ignorance > on the subject, but I am willing to change this ignorance curve :) The stable distribution of Debian (3.0 aka Woody) was published last summer. The packages in the stable distribution are kept up to date as in "Security updates will be made available when needed", and other bugs are fixed when new revisions of Woody are published. Newer versions like Apache 2 will probably in the next release (Sarge), but not in Woody. And it is possible that it will take another year until Sarge becomes stable. If you want to use Debian, you have several choices: 1. Use the stable version (Woody), be on the safe side when it comes to security updates, but use program versions that are older 2. Use Woody with backports. There are inofficial updates for Woody available, like KDE 3, Gnome 2 and many more. Take a look at <http://www.apt-get.org>. However, these packages are not supported by the Debian security team. 3. Use the testing version (Sarge) or unstable (Sid). Both have newer packages, Sid is quite up to date, but especially in Sid things can be broken for a while, and although from time to time security updates become available (like updates kernel source), it is basically unsupported by the Debian security team. Sarge or Sid are usable for desktop systems (at least many people use it, I use Woody with KDE 3), but I would not set up a public server with them. best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 Registered Linux User #267976 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
