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http://www.debian.org/volatile/ - Debian-Volatile official page. |
debian-volatile
Some packages aim at fast moving targets like spam filtering and virus scanning, and even via using updated virus patterns. This doesn't really work for the full time of a stable release. The main issue of volatile is to allow system administrators/users to update their systems in a consistent way without getting the drawbacks of using unstable, or even without getting the drawback for the selected packages.
Besides being built for sarge (or etch), all the dependencies are satisfied inside sarge (or etch), so not external or additional backported packages are needed (IIRC)