On Thu, 2017-09-07 at 10:22 -0400, fsmithred wrote:
> On 09/07/2017 08:55 AM, Svante Signell wrote:
> >
>
> I think there's nothing in ascii-security and ascii-updates. The Packages
> files for both are empty. (I only checked amd64.)
>
> In contrast to that jessie-security, jessie-updates and
> jessie-proposed-updates all have packages.
>
> Can someone explain the difference between -security, -updates and
> -proposed-updates? What goes where, and why is ascii different from
> jessie? Thanks. Questions about security updates come up regularly on d1g.

In my opinion they should be as follows:
ascii-security: Debian stretch security updates, filtered so that if there is an
older Devuan package it cannot be installed.

ascii-updates: Remove, it serves no real purpose, or?

ascii-proposed-updates: Devuan packages, not yet migrated into ascii.
(similar to Debian packages in sid/unstable not yet merged into testing/buster.
They do migrate to testing after normally 5-10 days if no RC bugs, etc blocks
them)