On Friday 19 June 2015 16:54:12 Bret Busby wrote: > Unfortunately, it appears that once a version of Debian Linux is > "released" and decreed stable, development of that version and its > packages, ceases, and it goes into maintenance mode, so that only > bugfixes and security vulnerabilities, are performed, if they are > deemed serious enough, and, for the packages that are not abandoned, > and, development of the version and its packages, is abandoned, like > when I once worked at a pulp and paper mill, which used to close down > production for three days every christmas, with only repairs and > maintenance and cleaning being done, except here, the shutdown of > production, becomes permanent, and maintenance mode takes over (for as > long as the maintenance is performed), once a version is decreed > stable, and "released".
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