[Tfug] backporting packages with Woody

Jeremy Rogers JDRogers at optics.arizona.edu
Tue Nov 25 14:15:53 MST 2003


H>Unless it's only one or two backports that you need, I think will have a
H>more secure system running unstable than running backports.  The
H>backports are unsupported, while unstable is rather well supported.

H>I don't know the current state of testing, Nick might be able to toss in
H>some comments about the state of security updates in testing.

Um... I was always under the impression that testing fit nicely between stable
and unstable.  This is the primary reason I use it.  Is there any reason to beleive that unstable is "more supported" or gets security patches more quickly than testing?

Jeremy
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