[viccuad]

Don't forget that the "Stable" definition for Debian is not the normal one, they are super zelous. Testing and Sid distributions are "stable" for the rest of distros. And remember that all those bugs on the Debian release are present in other distros, and they even don't acknowledge them sometimes.

[bemused]

sure, but thats exactly why I was asking - I am looking for some background on this decision and hoping that someone with more insight can share a link or something