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> released in February. Yeah, that's not how Debian stable works.

• JasonFruit 7y ago
  It's when the point release was done[0]. Obviously not everything was new then. I'm assuming most people who package applications for Linux have an understanding of how Debian works. [0]: https://www.debian.org/News/2019/20190216 https://www.debian.org/News/2019/20190216
  • jhasse 7y ago
    > Obviously not everything was new then. Nothing was! Debian stable doesn't update packages (not even minor releases or bugfixes). They only backport security fixes or very critical bugfixes. Debian 9 was freezed on 2017-02-05. You'll have the version of every package from this date, point release don't change that.
    • JasonFruit 7y ago
      We're not disagreeing — please stop trying to raise an argument where there is none! My only reason for giving the point release date was to say that it's a supported release. You're reading a lot more into my tiny comment than I ever put into it.
      • nemetroid 7y ago
        > it's a supported release. Calling it "supported" in the context of the ability to build arbitrary software is misleading. It's supported by Debian for the particular packages included in Debian's package repositories - nothing less, nothing more.