On Tue, 2004-06-29 at 19:49, Nadim Shaikli wrote: > --- Mohammed Elzubeir wrote: > > Muhammad Alkarouri wrote: > > > > More explanation: I cannot use debian unstable or testing because they > > don't have security updates, which are important to me as I am a network > > admin. And I cannot use stable because it is too old for my taste. > > Switching when Sarge comes out is not a solution as I will probably have > > the same problem after another year or two. > > > > > In reality, there is no good answer to this. Your best bet is to keep > > > your system mostly on 'stable' and grab packages from different branches > > > of debian (unstable or testing.. or even experimental, depending on your > > > needs). > > I'm a newbie to Debian (and a convert :-) but can't you specify to > use "stable/updates" on your security entry in your sources.list file ? > Would that accomplish what you are trying to do ? > > I might be missing something (again newbie here), but that seemed > appropriate to note. >
Not exactly. Say I want to use kernel 2.6 (for some hardware support), or GNOME 2.6 (for better Arabic support). I wouldn't find it in Debian stable. So I will probably either get it from testing, debian backports (www.backports.org), or - at worst - unstable. I will not have updates for these from stable/updates, and I wouldn't have timely updates from testing, backports, or unstable. They do update on their own pace. This means that either I don't use kernel 2.6 or gnome 2.6, or have to check general advisories and recompile/patch them on my own, which is obviously not convenient. Stable will also leave me with Postfix 1.1.something, and a number of obsolete packages. I think there is testing/updates, but it is not covered by the debian security team. Anybody knows anything about it? > Salam. > > - Nadim > Salam, Muhammad Alkarouri _______________________________________________ General mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.arabeyes.org/mailman/listinfo/general
