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Opened Dec 21, 2020 by sajolida@sajolidaMaintainer

Write a FAQ about Tails having old versions of software

Related to:

  • https://tails.boum.org/support/faq/#older-version
  • https://tails.boum.org/support/faq/#new-software

We're very strong at telling people only use the latest version of Tails but, at the same time, Tails includes old versions of its included software. This might be confusing for anybody who is not well-versed in the Debian release cycle:

  • Most of the time, we are only able to include the version from Debian stable. We could include backports if they are available.
  • Even if we include old versions, security issues are fixed through the Debian security mechanisms.
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Reference: tails/tails#18089