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Re:“This version of XScreenSaver is very old. Please upgrade” by Ologn on Saturday April 02, 2016 @02:54PM (#11412759)
> Maybe distros like Debian are more stability/security oriented than feature oriented. New version of software often contain new features that it may introduce new bugs.

New versions of software also fix old stability and security bugs.

If software became more secure with age, then the older your version of gnome screensaver, the more secure it would be ( https://www.jwz.org/blog/2015/04/i-told-you-so-again/ ).

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Re:“This version of XScreenSaver is very old. Please upgrade” by sanbor on Saturday April 02, 2016 @03:23PM (#11412918)
> New versions of software also fix old stability and security bugs.

Sometimes new versions of software fix bugs, sometimes they improve stability, sometimes they introduce new bugs, sometimes they decrease the performance, sometimes they become bloatware, sometimes several of this things happen in any combination.

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