On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 1:29 PM, Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso <jord...@octave.org> wrote: > > It depends if those bugs are important or not for the person using the > package. Typically, for a Debian user, they are not. If Debian users > wanted to be running the latest of everything and compiling everything > from source, they wouldn't be using Debian, but a source-based > distribution like Gentoo.
That's not entirely true. Users may care enough about one group of software to build the latest from source, but they may not want to do that for the entire system. In fact, anyone able to build will usually do that in Debian, since it moves so slowly. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Octave-dev mailing list Octave-dev@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/octave-dev
