Hi, I'm about to install sarge on a (production) server of my own, and would rather like to have the latest versions of: * mysql (5.0) * vim (7.0) * the Linux kernel (2.6.16) [ppc]
Since these are not in sarge, I'm considering using backported
versions from backports.org. I was however unable to find much
information on the effect on security of using backports.org. Since
this server will expose several services to the internet (apache,
subversion, mysql), I want to make sure that it is, and stays, secure.
So these are my questions:
* Are you using unofficial repositories (e.g. backports.org) on
production servers ?
* Do you (and can I) trust backports.org ?
* Also, since even backports.org does not seem to have vim 7.0 and
kernel 2.6.16 (yet), what would be the best way/place to get these
from ? Should I (try to) backport them myself ?
Other suggestions & remarks are welcome.
Thanks.
- Felix
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