On Thu, Mar 24, 2022 at 10:27:42PM +0100, phil995511 - wrote: > Hello, > > Don't you think it would be smart to integrate all the updates contained in > the Backports directory with each new minor update of our favorite OS ? For > example for the versions 11.3, 11.4, etc ? That's not the point of "stable". Stable means roughly "major versions of installed software don't change" [1]. There may be rare exceptions to it, for security issues which can't be fixed otherwise. The idea is that the rest of the system can rely on its dependencies not changing under it. With binary packages you do have lots of interdependencies, so changing the version of e.g. one library may force you to change lots of other packages. Backports is for those who need a newer version of some package in an otherwise stable installation. They know the risk, they take it explicitly. Cheers [1] that's actually what the term "stable" means: the package versions are stable. It's not just a fancy marketing term as in "Rock Solid [TM]" or "Unbreakable [TM]" -- t
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