On Sat, Feb 13, 2021 at 06:58:36PM +0200, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Sb, 13 feb 21, 10:47:41, Michael Grant wrote: > > > > I completely understand the desire for stability and reliability. But > > it seems like having to wait up to 2 years for some major new feature > > to get into Debian can be daunting, especially when it gets into > > Testing. I was wondering, is there, or has anyone given any thought > > to something in between Testing+Backports and Stable+Security that is > > something like Stable at each dot release, thus reducing this window > > down to 3 months as opposed to 2 years? > > Yes, it's called Ubuntu ;) I see I made an error in my paragraph above. I meant to say something in between Testing+Security and Stable+Backports+Security (though as has been said, you can't apply Security patches to Testing.) Huh, I did not know that this is what Ubuntu was based on. I always thought the 6-month releases were based on the dot releases of Debian. Maybe I should consider moving to Ubuntu Server? Hmm, that sounds like a nightmare waiting to happen. Michael Grant
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