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by JasonFruit 2541 days 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
1 comments
jhasse 2541 days 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.

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JasonFruit 2541 days 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.

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nemetroid 2541 days 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.

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