Re: [backports & security]

Felix C. Stegerman wrote:

Wouldn't mixing stable and testing be less secure than using
backports? Or is security support for testing good enough to rely on
for (some packages on) production servers?

Supposedly testing gets security updates now. It is in
security.debian.org together with stable. It is a relatively recent
thing, so the information is a bit patchy and contradictory at times.

I would be interested in finding out more.


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George Borisov

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