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I would tend to agree, unless pinning is enforced/the default.

• turminal 4y ago
  I think the idea is "ensuring software is always up to date", so no pinning by default.
  • metadat 4y ago
    Until they drop support for your hardware... Then what happens?
    • ketralnis 4y ago
      You have to chuck it in the bin and buy a new one, obviously. That's the state of the startphone world today, if you want to keep up on security updates
      • myko 4y ago
        This is lamentable and I'd love to see longer periods of support for older devices, but I'm not sure what the ideal state is - beyond being able to install your own OS on your device, which will still require some level of support from someone. What's reasonable - 5 years of support? 10?
  • dhodell 4y ago
    These things work in tandem: the base system is pinned, but can also be easily updated with an OTA. Packages existing outside that set are resolved on-demand, and are thus updated when components in a package are run after a new version is published to the package repository.
  • katbyte 4y ago
    until randomly without warning the latest version is broken, removes something, deprecates something, or is incompatible with something else. "always up to date" is something that sounds great but in practice has many many pitfalls.