On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 09:13:56AM +0200, Thorsten Glaser wrote: > On Thu, 12 Jul 2012, Philipp Kern wrote: > > who does not upgrade to stable w/o backports? > Recent releases have been too fast. No, it's not the releases that are too fast but the security supports ends too quickly. > Some might want to skip a release and then upgrade to the > next-to-become-stable once it’s frozen. (Lack of security support for the > Feb-Jun period was annoying, but still.) Also, some might perceive specific > releases as undesirable. I'm not exactly sure what you're trying to point out. Skipping releases is unsupported in Debian and the question was about "to stable" vs. "to stable w/ backports". Kind regards Philipp Kern
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