Re: QUantifiable reasons to use debian instead of redhat...?

[Michael Stone <mstone@itri.loyola.edu>]

Quoting Joe Emenaker (jemenake@scully.cob.calpoly.edu):
> Now, being on the bleeding edge has its drawbacks. My co-workers sometimes
> get on my case for always upgrading to the latest stuff in "unstable".
> However, I prefer the occasional broken install to an outright security
> hole. I *can* say this.... since these IMAP breakins... nobody's been
> complaining to me about how often I upgrade the packages.

FWIW, you can use apt and point it at the proposed-updates area. That
will get any security fixes for the current stable dist, but won't get
broken development packages.

Mike Stone