[vox-tech] sid security

[Peter Jay Salzman]

ah, exactly what i figured.  thanks!

pete


begin Rick Moen <rick@linuxmafia.com> 
> Quoting Peter Jay Salzman (p@dirac.org):
> 
> > or is the idea that since sid packages are allowed to change at any
> > point with no testing that having security updates is a meaningless
> > endeavour?
> 
> As you'll see in http://security.debian.org/dists/ , there's no
> package collection there for "unstable".  My understanding is that,
> since unstable is by definition where revised packages become
> available the instant they're uploaded by a package maintainer
> (without the scripted quarantining of "testing" or the human scrutiny
> and acceptance criteria of "stable"), any "security" collection to
> give you quicker access would be at best redundant.