Re: faq on choosing a debian distribution - draft 1

From: John Hasler (jhasler_at_debian.org)
Date: 10/29/04

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Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 13:27:29 -0500

    s. keeling writes:
    > Fixes go into _unstable_ first. Then (if they're accepted) they go into
    > _stable_. Eventually, they trickle down (up?) into _testing_.

    New packages (including ones with security fixes from upstream or the
    maintainer) go into Unstable and then propagate to Testing. A very few
    eventually go into Stable in a point release. Security fixes are
    backported to Stable by the security team and the maintainer. At about the
    same time Unstable gets upstream's new fixed package or perhaps the
    maintainer's fix. It's rare that a security bug is fixed first in
    Unstable.

    > Right now, with testing (sarge) threatening to go stable, testing's
    > getting updates at the same time as stable (woody) is, but that's only a
    > temporary situation.

    Correct. Normally Stable has the best security support, followed by
    Unstable. 

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John Hasler
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