Pedro Hernandez <phph109 <at> yahoo.es> writes: > Hello all! > > I am new to Debian and feel somewhat confused over the versions of some > packages. For example the package for courier-imap state version > 1.4.3-2.3 while the lates stable version of the software appeare to be > 2.2.1 which seems to be quite a great difference. Why aren't there > packages with newer versions available?
If you want the newest software available, Sid/Unstable is where you want to be. `Unstable` is a misleading term; really, it's more `volatile` than unstable, that is, packages move into Sid/Unstable constantly, so the environment is in a constant state of flux, but I've been running Sid/Unstable on one of my machines for about 8 months now without any major problems. You do need to be willing to stay on top of security issues, however, because unlike Woody/Stable and Sarge/Testing, Sid/Unstable does not provide a security patch repository. --M. Kirchhoff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
