On Tuesday 07 July 2020 12:32:39 John Hasler wrote: > Gene writes: > > I'd tend to look at it like this: If the banks IT people think its a > > big enough risk to use the old version, and demands the new one even > > before the paint is dry, then it must be pretty serious and the > > distros should turn up the heat to get it out into the users hands > > asap. > > More likely it's just a policy of always requiring the latest version > so that they don't have to actually think about it. Besides, it may > support a new widget that the Web designers simply *must* add to the > site ASAP. > > > Not sit on it till the next release a year hence as seems to happen > > now, using the excuse that it is a new feature and that has to wait > > for the next chapter of the release cycle. > > That's what Backports is for.
And the 'deb' line in sources.list for stretches backports is? Thanks John. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>
