Re: Etch Apt list (and testing/security/volatile)
On Fri, 20 Apr 2007 16:52:52 -0400
Douglas Allan Tutty <dtutty@porchlight.ca> wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 18, 2007 at 10:38:03PM -0700, Ross Boylan wrote:
>
> > On security, I thought support for testing was now official, e.g., see
> > this notice:
> > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/secure-testing-announce/2006-May/000029.html
> > However, that notice gives the team's web site as
> > http://secure-testing-master.debian.net/, and that page still has the
> > old locations and generally sounds as if things are not done.
> > Furthermore, the main Debian security site, security.debian.org,
> > refers to FAQ, http://www.debian.org/security/faq, which asserts
> > ---------------------------
> > Q: How is security handled for testing and unstable?
> >
> > A: The short answer is: it's not. Testing and unstable are rapidly
> > moving targets and the security team does not have the resources
>
> My understanding is that it was Etch that received security support once
> it was settling down prior to being released so that more people would
> be comfortable testing it prior to being released as stable. I don't
> think (somone PLEASE correct me if I'm wrong) that the testing branch
> moving forward suddenly came under the security team's unbrella.
>
> Doug.
I believe that testing itself now does have (some) security support,
not from the main security team but from the "testing security
team" [0].
[0] http://secure-testing-master.debian.net/
Celejar
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