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Re: OpenSSL 3.0 support for Debian11



On Tue, Jan 17, 2023 at 11:23:41PM +0000, Ben Lavender wrote:
> Stable releases don't always provide the latest software, generally that
> isn't always respectively "stable".

To be more precise, "stable" means "it doesn't change". In general,
no new major versions, especially not libraries (which would imply
a flurry of updates of dependencies).

Of course, security updates, bug fixes, etc. still come in. If an
upstream library only gets an important (e.g.) security update in
a later major version, the maintainer tries hard to backport this
fix.

The result is a "no surprises" upgrade process whithin a stable
release.

Cheers
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t

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