On 11/02/15 16:20, Robert J. Hansen wrote: >> I find that distro packages (for Ubuntu) lag well behind what is >> available and I do appreciate that there is a trade-off between >> proven reliability and up-to-dateness and also that distros rely on >> maintainers who may well be volunteers... > > If your goal is to enjoy tinkering with technology, by all means, do > what you're doing. Can't fault you for it in the least; I love doing it > myself.
Yes, I guess that I fall into this type slot. > If your goal is just to make sure you have the latest and greatest > security updates, you should probably stick with your distro's packages. > The distro package may *say* 2.0.22, but any security fixes released > after 2.0.22 will quickly be backported into your distro's 2.0.22 package. A priori, this doesn't seem very transparent but I suppose there must be a way to determine if 2.0.22 is original or augmented ? Philip
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