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Re: Debian - Release Cadence Options



Le Sat, Oct 18, 2025 at 04:23:07AM +0200, tomas@tuxteam.de a écrit :
> (…) Plus,
> since both don't have a security policy, security issues get (arguably)
> fixed faster on testing.

Beware, if you’re talking unstable vs. testing here, testing is the one
with the worst security support (= none at all) of all Debian branches.

Security fixes are provided in unstable as part of packaging new
upstream releases, and cherry-picked to stable through the dedicated
security channel. On testing, security fixes do not go through a special
channel: they trickle down from unstable following the usual rules, so
with at least a 3 to 5 days delay that can grow to weeks or even months if
you’re unlucky.

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