RE: Debian 7

["Mark Allums" <mark@allums.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Bannister [mailto:cbannister@slingshot.co.nz]
> Sent: Friday, February 22, 2013 9:56 PM
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: Debian 7
> 
> On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 08:51:17PM +0100, berenger.morel@neutralite.org
> wrote:
> > Some people will say that unstable is better for security issues,
> > because it is harder to exploit flaws when the software changes
> > constantly.
> 
> Really??? They obviously don't understand the meaning of stable. (Hint,
> it doesn't mean unlikely to crash.)


It has two meanings for us, and one determines which is meant by context.

Fixes tend to make it into Sid faster than Testing, but I judge Sid and
Stable to be different in approach but both about equally decent for
security.