Slavko grabbed a keyboard and wrote:
> Ahoj,
>
> Dňa Sat, 10 May 2014 13:00:56 +0100 Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk>
> napísal:
>
>> On Sat 10 May 2014 at 10:54:21 +0200, Slavko wrote:
>>
>>> in last weeks (or months?) i see a lot of daily updates in Debian
>>> testing. I am using the testing for years and i am surprised by
>>> this.
>>
>> You are surprised that Debian developers are readying testing for the
>> coming freeze by updating software and fixing bugs?
>
> No, i am surprised, that the CUPS (and some others) package provides
> updates too often, e.g.:
Again, as someone else pointed out: The key word here is TESTING. You
want less updates? Go with the current stable release. That has
updates, but not as often. Testing is just that - *testing*. You're
going to get more updates there, especially as they start getting ready
to freeze the next release.
It doesn't matter that a prior version of testing didn't have "lots of
updates" as you see it. It was open to them if they had bug fixes,
etc., to deal with. This version clearly does.
You're never going to find a version of any operating system that
doesn't have a string of updates over its supported lifespan. Linux is
no exception. Yes, Debian has a reputation for being more stable with
less updates than other distros. But that claim only applies to the
*stable* version of the release. The testing version is subject to as
many updates as they feel like throwing at it until it freezes to be
readied as the next version release.
I for one welcome those updates which come to Stable, since they fix
bugs & security issues that are frankly more important to fix than to
ignore on a production server. I wouldn't want them at the rate that
the testing version gets, so I don't run Testing - I run Stable. ;-)
--Dave
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