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Because they break the existing behavior. And Debian is all about stability and reliability, unlike OpenBSD, which aims for uncompromised security. Nobody would
by PurpleRamen 2y ago
Because they break the existing behavior. And Debian is all about stability and reliability, unlike OpenBSD, which aims for uncompromised security. Nobody would have complained it Debian had done this from the beginning, but when they break it, people complain.
- transportheap 2y agoopenbsd was just an example. other distros and os do patches all the time including changing features but only debian gets called out.
- PurpleRamen 2y agoThose patches are usually backports, for security, or better integration. They do not break something on purpose.