input needed on Debian

[Gary <Gary]

Hi Bill,

On Sat, 20 Dec 2003 10:19:59 -0500 UTC (12/20/2003, 9:19 AM -0600 UTC my
time), Bill Davidson wrote:

>> Woody is the stable version, Sarge their testing v.. It seems to me
>> that one of the disadvantages of Debian is that Woody uses older
>> versions of programs. If I use the newer Sarge, from what I
>> understand, Deb does not support security updates on Sarge, only
>> Woody... Is this true?
>> 
>> Any input / thoughts appreciated.

B> It's been a little while since I used debian, but not that long. I'm
B> thinking of going back as well. IIRC, if a package in unstable goes 2
B> weeks without crashing, it goes into testing. Therefore security updates
B> go into testing 2 weeks late.

Interesting. I did not know that.  The more I think about it, the more I am
leaning towards some Debian distro.  Libranet may be the answer.

--
Gary