On: What is Debian all about, really? Or: friction, packaging complex applications

[wiz21c]

backports ? debian testing ?

[hsivonen → wiz21c]

Backports and testing don't, by policy, get reliable security support, so they aren't a good answer for users.

As long as Debian stable is a target that developers feel their app should run on, backports and testing aren't solutions for app developers.