"Tim Hull" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > That said, there is a significant issue that I see with Debian and most > distributions in general that I wanted to bring up. The issue is that > once a stable release is declared stable, that's it - there are no > updates except for security holes. This is good, except when you need a > feature included in a newer version of software included in Debian (for > example, if a newer kernel has a non-security bugfix in it that you > need). Yes, you can compile from source (or, in some cases, use > unofficial packages) but that is far from ideal.
> What I am wondering is - has there been any effort and/or interest in > working on this area? I know about debian-volitaile, but that seems > oriented towards a very specific set of packages (like antivirus > programs), and not, for example, bugfixes. Are you aware of backports.org? I use it extensively for cherry-picking specific packages where I need a newer version for feature reasons while keeping the rest of the system running stable. That means there's only a few packages I have to pay special attention to for security vulnerabilities. -- Russ Allbery ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
