Re:Why I Fell in Love with Arch Linux (2015)
by exDM69 on Thursday September 14, 2017 @08:01AM
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Less "downstream" patches to packages than most other distros. This is consequence and a prerequisite of rolling release.
Debian-based distros can have quite a lot of downstream modifications, the OpenSSL random bug being the most infamous. A lot of this is due to having long term releases which causes the need to have new software work with old dependency libraries and vice versa.
Debian-based distros can have quite a lot of downstream modifications, the OpenSSL random bug being the most infamous. A lot of this is due to having long term releases which causes the need to have new software work with old dependency libraries and vice versa.