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Kernel.org's road to recovery

Kernel.org's road to recovery

Posted Oct 15, 2011 21:11 UTC (Sat) by dlang (✭ supporter ✭, #313)
In reply to: Kernel.org's road to recovery by PaXTeam
Parent article: Kernel.org's road to recovery

I actually don't think that all important fixes get backported to -stable, which is part of the reason why I tend not to rely on them as a long-term measure.

I see the -stable branch as useful for fixing any functional bugs that slipped through, but I don't rely on them for fixing security bugs


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