Understanding the Ubuntu package repositories
During a thread about daylight savings confusion here in Sydney, Martin Barry asked the SLUG list why updates to Ubuntu packages go into a separate “updates” repository. John Ferlito suggested that I blog my answer…
Post-release, that archive is never touched. It means that users get to choose how much damage they’re willing to accept:
$release: Don’t touch it, I like consistency, even with my bugs.
$release-security: I’ll accept patches to existing versions (and very rare version upgrades if absolutely necessary) in the process of keeping my system secure.
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