Kenneth Jacker <khj@be.cs.appstate.edu> writes: > myh> On 2004-03-19, Monique Y. Herman wrote: > myh> > myh> Also, look at security updates. Updates are provided for > myh> stable and unstable almost immediately. Then those using > myh> testing distributions must wait the allotted amount of time > myh> before receiving the unstable update in testing. > > How long of a wait? > > If I understand this correctly, users of 'testing' (currently 'sarge') > can do *nothing* when new security problems arise? They must wait for > the fix in 'unstable' to make it into testing. Well, that's because you're not running (possibly nonfunctional) sid or safe-and-maintained stable. You knew going in that the only "safe" path is stable, you were warned! -- Paul Johnson <baloo@ursine.ca> Linux. You can find a worse OS, but it costs more.
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