&gt; If a Debian pkg maintainer releases a new version, there is no guarantee that it doesn&#x27;t break some other functionality. Simply patching without putting serious work into it is the trait of community distros like Debian and Fedora.<p>That seems like an unfair statement.  Debian is a stable distro and I&#x27;d say has a pretty good track record of doing what it does.  It seems disingenuous to suggest they&#x27;re patching willy nilly.