On Sat, Jun 26, 2004 at 02:55:28PM +0200, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Andreas Barth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004.06.26.1452 +0200]: > > what's the problem with: > > deb mirror > > deb security.d.o > > > > In this case, the file is taken from the mirror if it exists already > > there, and otherwise from security.d.o. > > I understand. There is not problem. I am just wondering why the > packages aren't also put into stable. Read my reply to Mike (which > was sent after you wrote the above), please. >
Methinks it's just a release practise. Until a point release of stable is made, you take stable, which is a known version, and known to be consistent, and then apply all security updates to get a secure system. If security updates got constantly pushed to stable, it'd mean Debian 3.0r2 one day wouldn't be the same as 3.0r2 the next day. Would also make CD making a bit difficult. It's kind of a similar to question to why do you we bother to release? You could just install testing on any given day. regards Andrew -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]