Debian Unstable vs. Ubuntu

Maximilian Gerlach m at px0.de
Mon Feb 7 10:49:41 UTC 2005


> > Because Ubuntu main and restricted have security support (plus universe
> > and multiverse seem to have "unofficial" security support as well).
> > Stable Ubuntu is also really stable (as the packages are tested with
> > each other); neither sarge nor sid reach this level of stability.
> 
> Could you elaborate on the "unofficial" part, please? I'm thinking of
> abandoning Ubuntu for Debian Testing, because I'm using lots of universe
> packages that don't get any updates. Is there any way out of this?

Hi martin :),
A new group is forming - the MOU (Masters Of the Universe ;).) - they
will have a look at the universe packages; update them if necessary,
integrate them better with Ubuntu, and so on.

Greets,
Maxi






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