Re: Debian release management and security questions
On Wed, Feb 05, 2020 at 05:34:52PM +0200, Itzik Reuven wrote:
> Hello Debian maintainers,
>
> I have a few questions regarding the debian project and I will be glad for
> some answers:
>
> 1. regarding the release management - from a quick scanning of the release
> I have noticed that are 6 release types:
> jessie
> jessie-security
> stretch - security
> buster
> bullseye
> sid
>
> I would like to ask what is the difference between each release (what
> actually each release means), can different releases may obtain the same
> version (i.e sid -7.4.1 and buster-7.4.1 is possible?)
https://www.debian.org/releases/ at second half
> 2. stable vs. unstable suite- meaning and difference?
Same webpage
> 3. regarding the security tracker (
> https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/)
> the different pages in tracker refers to different vulnerability types I
> will be glad to understand what each page refers to since I don't fully
> understand from the description.
>
> 4. is there one specific debian host that holds all debian packages? if not
> is there a debian host for debian packages that are listed in the security
> tracker?
>
> Thank you!
>
> --
>
>
> *Itzik Reuven*
>
Regards
Geert Stappers
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