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Re:Distribution packages considered insecure by g1n016399 on Monday February 22, 2016 @04:59AM (#11149737)
testing is Debian's rolling release.

Ack on the version stuff.

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Re:Distribution packages considered insecure by amdavidson on Monday February 22, 2016 @08:30AM (#11150629)
Testing isn't a rolling release, that's sid / unstable.

Testing is where the next stable (currently Stretch) is being worked out.

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Re:Distribution packages considered insecure by Ao7bei3s on Monday February 22, 2016 @05:42AM (#11149893)
Except it's not, it's for testing.

Testing doesn't always get security fixes in a timely manner.

Read more at: https://www.debian.org/security/faq#testing

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Re:Distribution packages considered insecure by _yy on Monday February 22, 2016 @11:04AM (#11151716)
> testing is Debian's rolling release.

Except for when it freezes.

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