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0 pointszamadatix2y ago0 comments

Stableness of interfaces is supposed to imply the software version is still maintained though. E.g. how stable kernel versions get backports of fixes from newer versions without introducing major changes from the newer versions. It's not meant to mean you e.g. get an old version of the kernel which accumulates known bugs and security issues. If you want the latter you can get that on any distro, just disable updates.

But you're right people are free to choose. Every version is still available on the Caddy GitHub releases page for example. What's being talked about here is the default behavior not aligning with the promise of being a maintained release, instead being full of security holes and known major bugs. It's unrelated to whether Debian is a stable or rolling distro rather about the lack of patches they carry for their version.

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diggan2y ago

> Stableness of interfaces is supposed to imply the software version is still maintained though. E.g. how stable kernel versions get backports of fixes from newer versions without introducing major changes from the newer versions. It's not meant to mean you e.g. get an old version of the kernel which accumulates known bugs and security issues. If you want the latter you can get that on any distro, just disable updates.

I'm sure the volunteers working on this stuff is doing the best they can, but stuff like this isn't usually "sexy" enough to attract a ton of attention and care, compared to other "fun" FOSS work.

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diggan2y ago

I'm sure the volunteers working on this stuff is doing the best they can, but stuff like this isn't usually "sexy" enough to attract a ton of attention and care, compared to other "fun" FOSS work.

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