Re: Debian Question: linux-image-2.6...-k7 vs. linux-image-2.6...-amd64

Rodney

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>> > The problem with stable, lots of programs are so outdated. It is not a
>> > server.
>
>> No, that is wrong. It was true, before Etch was released. But you are
>> right about it's not on the bleeding edge. But with that, you don't get
>> stable upgrades etc. As long as you know this, I'm cool with your
>> selection.
>
> Oh this is now changed? Interesting. Do you know how often stable gets
> updates? Daily? So do emergency fixes get released within a day?
>

Not changed, previously 'stable' was sarge, after the release of etch it
became the 'stable' release. So, programs are as new as the date etch was
'frozen' for release.

Stable gets security updates when they are needed. Very quickly, sometimes
in less than a day from discovery of vulnerability. It is amazing, how
much effort Debian Developers put into keeping 'stable', safe and stable.

Note: after release, only security updates, no updated 'kool', 'features'.
To my mind, a program is not 'outdated' if it still does the job I need
done with it. As I have mentioned elsewhere in this topic and as John
Hasler mentioned again in this thread, there are backports and for
something like Firefox or Thunderbird you can always use the tar.gz's from
Mozilla if you don't like waiting for backport to be compiled.

Rodney