On Thu, Mar 07, 2002 at 10:54:57AM -0800, Xeno Campanoli wrote: > Mike Fedyk wrote: > > > > On Thu, Mar 07, 2002 at 01:11:34PM +0800, Mo Zhen Guang wrote: > > > as always, security update may be troublesome with testing distribution. > > > stable is much easier > > > Mo > > > > > > > Version: 2.2.20-2 > > Provides: kernel-image > > Depends: fileutils (>= 4.0) > > > > What version of fileutils is in potato? > > > > All that the package supplies is the kernel. It will be as stable as any > > other kernel package wheather it is in stable or not (it's the official > > 2.2.20) so what's your prob? Maybe you should check before you assume that > > just because it's in testing that it's not stable. > > I'll keep that in mind. If it is really that difficult for it to go > through the process to become formalized as stable, then is that > difficulty all wasted effort?
Debian's release/revision (from stable to stable) process is much slower than the kernel's. That's a known fact. If you want to wait... that's up to you. If you want more recent stuff (including kernels packaged by debian) you should use testing. I wouldn't use stable for much more than a server you never look at, but if you need to use it for new purposes, you'll probably need woody/testing.
