Re: Q: security fixes
On Thu, 18 Sep 2014, Hans wrote:
> is there any reason, why security fixes are done in sid and stable,
> but not in testing? Latest example: apt.
1. Developer time[1]
2. Testing gets fixed automatically when packages move from unstable to
testing; security updates generally migrate in two days or less.
1: There used to be a testing-security group which tried to update
security issues directly in testing. If the security of testing is
really important to you, consider becoming a DD or otherwise enable this
work to be done.
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