Debian dated? [was: Re: Announcement from www.kubuntu.de]

[Pupeno]

On Tue, 2006-04-11 at 16:32 +0100, Antony Gelberg wrote:
> Pupeno wrote:
> > And testing doesn't get security patches, 
> 
> http://secure-testing.debian.net/

Nice to see it changed, when I checked, some time ago, there were no
security updates for unstable... back in the days when testing was Sarge
I believe.

> > so if you have a server
> > running Debian testing and you have awstats and a nasty bug in awstats
> > allows a worm to gain access to your server, the patch might take 10
> > days to arrive while on Debian Stable I think it should be less than
> > 12hs and on Sid untill a new upstream release is done, which might be a
> > short period, 
> 
> Where is your twelve hour figure from?  The Debian security team
> provides patches to the best of its ability.  There is no time-limit.
I think I've read it somewhere, maybe I am mistaken.

> Many Debian security patches are released in unstable.
I know that, but I was talking about testing, not unstable.

> If you are going to criticise, please stay up to date
I am sorry, I'll do.

(same for the other mail with the same content).
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Pupeno <pupeno at pupeno.com> http://pupeno.com
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