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  • dondelelcaro@lemmy.worldto196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneDebian rule
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    5 months ago

    This is a challenge all distributions have which want to keep stability, which means shipping older versions (ideally with long term support) with only security updates for the lifetime of the distribution. It’s totally ok for upstream developers to not support any of those old versions too; they’re not being paid either.


  • dondelelcaro@lemmy.worldto196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneDebian rule
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    5 months ago

    The openssl change was communicated with upstream at the time, but no one from upstream pointed out the issue (not surprisingly, because the change seemed like an innocuous fix to an unassigned variable.)

    We (Debian) fix bugs and send upstream the changes all the time, so this kind of thing happens. (Upstreams introduce these kind of bugs too; it’s the nature of software development.)




  • dondelelcaro@lemmy.worldtoScience Memes@mander.xyzimagine
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    1 year ago

    This is a bit misleading. You only need to treat the first generation of 2n watermelon with colchicine (which inhibits the movement of chromosomes during metaphase) to produce a 4n watermelon. Once you have a 4n watermelon, subsequent generations do not require colchicine treatment.


  • Ain’t nobody in the US got a fancy kitchen scale.

    Lots of us have them. (Well, basic scales which weigh a tenth of a gram.) They’re useful when weighing compressible dry ingredients like flour and brown sugar, and viscous wet ingredients like molasses and corn syrup. They’re also helpful when you’re multiplying a recipe by a factor that doesn’t result in useful units; it’s annoying to figure out how to measure out fractional cups that involve teaspoons.

    They also help with portion control if you’re watching calories.