On Tue, 2010-05-18 at 20:30 +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Wed,19.May.10, 00:34:02, Osamu Aoki wrote: > > > > New: > > If "sid" is used in the above example instead of "lenny", the "deb: > > http://security.debian.org/ …" line for security updates in the > > "/etc/apt/sources.list" is not required. This is because "sid" > > (unstable) is always updated whenever security issues are fixed. There > > is no need to have a separate security update archive for "sid". > > May I suggest: > --- > If "sid" is used in the above example instead of "lenny", the "deb: > http://security.debian.org/ …" line for security updates in the > "/etc/apt/sources.list" is not required as there is no need to have a > separate security update archive for "sid". This is because "sid" > (unstable) is *usually* updated whenever security issues are fixed for > stable. > > However, it can happen that the fixes are not applied immediately (e.g. > the maintainer is waiting for a new version from upstream which fixes > the issue) or issues exist which do not affect the version in stable or > testing, in which case Debian will not even issue a DSA. > --- > (DSA might need expanding/explaining if not already done in some other > paragraph) I thought John Hasler's response was very good. It explained why I was confused - there are security updates but they are not the same type of updates as testing and stable receive. Perhaps John's wording should be included; it clarified a very murky issue for me - John
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