On Sat, 16 Feb 2008 17:26:48 +0000
Adam Trickett <adam.trickett@???> wrote:
> The one thing to be most aware of is that testing doesn't get
> security fixes like SID or stable. If something is broken, then a
> patch is created for stable asap, at the same time SID gets a patch
> but testing only gets code after it's been in SID a few days/week -
> even security fixes. I gather there are plans to change this, and
> once testing enters freeze, it starts to get treated more like
> stable so it gets security fixes asap.
but see:
http://www.uk.debian.org/security/faq#testing
you can put a line in /etc/apt/sources.list to get any that are
released.
Basically this link says that packages won't get security
patches _unless_ there are delays in moving patched packages from
unstable - so you can rest assured any serious flaws will get
patched 'soon'
--
John Lewis
Debian (Sid) & the GeneWeb genealogical data server
