Re: faq on choosing a debian distribution - draft 1

[Paul Johnson <baloo@ursine.dyndns.org>]

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"Gilbert, Joseph" <jgilbert@insuresuite.com> writes:

>> If you are worried about security and stability issues, install
>> stable. period.  This is the most preferred way.
>
> I do not think stable is necessarily the best if you are very concerned
> about security.  Packages with recent security fixes can take time to make
> it into stable.  I have found testing much better for this.

For comparison, what is the time from patch to s.d.o for stable these
days, and how does it compare to sid or testing getting the security
patches?
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