Re: Non-security updates between stable releases?
"Tim Hull" <thully@umich.edu> 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 (rra@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
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