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> I don't know anyone who uses Debian and actually sticks with their packaged apps.

With various indications that they more or less actually do stick to the packaged apps.

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Oh, you could have said so.

Anyway, I for one don’t think that staying with for example nginx for two years on the same version is a good idea. Even if they fix security issues, you still miss out on features.

And this is for lots of other packages.

It's a tradeoff between stability and new features. You obviously favor features, we favor stability. It's as simple as that.

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