On 2022-01-19 at 19:08, Richmond wrote: > I see debian 10's chromium is currently on version 90.0.4430.212 > (Developer Build), whereas google-chrome is on Version 97.0.4692.99 > (Official Build) (64-bit). Does that mean it is out of date and has > security vulnerabilities? Roughly speaking, yes, but there's background and context here. First up: the version of Chromium in Debian stable, like that of every other package in stable, will remain unchanged until such a time as a new Debian point release is made. However, there may be updated versions made available in stable-backports in the meantime. (I do not use stable-backports myself, so anyone who knows better than I do may feel free to clarify, amplify, or correct on this.) Recent-ish-ly, there was discussion about dropping Chromium from Debian entirely (except for the version in stable, which would remain unchanged and quickly become stale), because the packagers couldn't keep up with updating the packaged version against the upstream releases, and as such vulnerable versions were being shipped for too long anyway. If I recall correctly and my archives are accurate, the chromium package actually *was* dropped from Debian testing at that point, with the most recent release before the drop having been 93.0.4577.82. I followed parts of that discussion, and from what I can tell, the outcome of it was that more people stepped forward and took up maintenance of the Debian packages for Chromium. Version 97.0.4692.71 is now in Debian testing, and I understand that a stable-backports build was pending, as of the last word in the part of the discussion I was following (about a week ago now); that version, or a successor, should make it into an updated version of Debian stable at some point. That may not help very much for now, but it should give hope for the future on this front, as well as bring relief that at least things aren't going to be ending up getting that much worse. -- The Wanderer The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man. -- George Bernard Shaw
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