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by vacri 4788 days ago
Because it provides a stable environment for all packages outside of the special one you're personally managing.
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If my server is web site running Django then the special one that I'm manually managing happens to be the most important one.
Isn't that the way it should be? Especially in a production environment - not upgrading unless you're sure your core packages don't break your product?