i did the typical apt-get install vsftpd but noticed it was 2.0.3, yet what's available at http://vsftpd.beasts.org/ is 2.0.5.

should i bother trying to get 2.0.5? if i should, how should i go about it?

the only reason that i am bothering with vsftp is because i don't want to supply sftp credentials to blogger.com which seems to grant non-chrooted access along with an ssh login.

thanks!

There were no major fixes in 2.0.4.and 2.0.5 (changelog here).

Debian stable (3.1) has 2.0.3, testing and unstable have 2.0.5. You would need to run a mixed distro to get 2.0.5 under stable using apt - it's not worth the bother.

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Hi Gregg,

You may be just a bit foggy on the mission of Debian Stable. Basically, every couple of years, they take a snapshot of the free software world.

They call it "Stable", meaning (if at all possible) no new features, no interface changes, no format changes, no configuration file format changes. They handle security by "backporting" fixes from new versions of software back to the version in Stable.

This means that an administrator can have a high level of confidence in an update not breaking anything. This is a tremendous boon.

So basically, you're safe to install anything from Stable, even if it appears to be an older version.

Great! Thanks for the responses. I was foggy (or perhaps just ignorant) on the phylosophy and it makes sense.