Re: Versions

[M.Kirchhoff <moai@0ubliette.org>]

Pedro Hernandez <phph109 <at> yahoo.es> writes:

> Hello all!
> 
> I am new to Debian and feel somewhat confused over the versions of some
> packages. For example the package for courier-imap state version
> 1.4.3-2.3 while the lates stable version of the software appeare to be
> 2.2.1 which seems to be quite a great difference. Why aren't there
> packages with newer versions available?

If you want the newest software available, Sid/Unstable is where you want to be.
`Unstable` is a misleading term; really, it's more `volatile` than unstable,
that is, packages move into Sid/Unstable constantly, so the environment is in a
constant state of flux, but I've been running Sid/Unstable on one of my machines
for about 8 months now without any major problems.  

You do need to be willing to stay on top of security issues, however, because
unlike Woody/Stable and Sarge/Testing, Sid/Unstable does not provide a security
patch repository.

--M. Kirchhoff