[Gllug] Recommended distro

[Chris Bell]

On Sun 12 Dec, Richard Turner wrote:

> On Sun, 2004-12-12 at 18:09 +0000, Chris Bell wrote:
> > On Sun 12 Dec, Richard Turner wrote:
> > 
> > > 
> > > I don't really understand the security update situation with 'testing'
> > > and 'unstable' - could someone point me in the direction of a good
> > > explanation of why I can (pretty-much) expect testing not to screw-up my
> > > system?
> > > 
> >    There is a dedicated security team working on Debian "stable" with the
> > sole purpose of sorting bugs. See Debian -- Debian Releases
> > 
> > http://www.uk.debian.org/releases/
> 
> So if I want to run Evolution 2.x, as I do at the moment (with security
> patches) I must use 'unstable'.  That's fine, because it's only my home
> system, but what happens when somebody finds a security flaw in it?  An
> upgrade to the latest version available with the hole fixed but untested
> system-wide repercussions?  Don't take that as a criticism - if that's
> the way it's done then that's the way it's done - I'm just seeking
> clarification.
> 
   There is no problem about using isolated packages from unstable or
testing, but updates for those packages will be provided as and when the
packages maintainers are able, first copied to unstable for initial testing
and then to testing. Announcements about security updates can be seen at

http://www.debian.org/security/

and contain information for all users, whichever the version. I am
subscribed to the mailing list, so receive announcements immediately.

-- 
Chris Bell

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