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Re:WordPress Is in Trouble by ptx on Monday January 13, 2025 @03:43PM (#42688945)
What about using distro packages? That would insulate you from upstream suddenly turning malicious.

I'm not sure if Debian's packages are kept up to date with security patches, though. The latest changes to the wordpress package[0] were in December 2022 and and May 2024.

[0] https://metadata.ftp-master.debian.org/changelogs//main/w/wo...

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Re:WordPress Is in Trouble by alexvitkov on Monday January 13, 2025 @04:10PM (#42689385)
I certainly trust Debian maintainers slightly more than this guy, but I wouldn't say switching the right to push things to your computer from one set of people you don't know to another set of people you don't know "insulates" you from malicious updates.
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