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Re: CentOS and Debian/Ubuntu release cycles



On Wed, Dec 09, 2020 at 05:02:50PM +0000, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:

> Two different distributions: two different approaches.  Ubuntu support a
> small subset of packages in their main distribution (as opposed to
> multiverse/universe).  Ubuntu packages are often pulled from Debian stable
> and testing at the same time, brought together and then released.  Ubuntu
> changes significantly every six months and publishes an LTS once every two
> years.

A minor correction: Ubuntu pulls from Debian unstable, not from testing or
stable.

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