Re: [tor-relays] Operator straw poll: Reasons why you use Tor LTS versions?

On Thu, 05 Sep 2019 02:11:00 +0000 Mike Perry mikeperry@torproject.org wrote:

1. "I didn't know that Debian's backports repo has latest-stable Tor!"

I only looked to backports when I get a warning on the metrics website that my versions are not recommended. Aside from that, I thought that running LTS on relays is actually beneficial, to prevent any newly introduced bugs in the current latest versions from having an impact on the network infrastructure.

2. "I didn't see the Tor Project repos mentioned in Tor's Relay docs!"

I was using them in the past, but then decided not to, as it's adding some management overhead and also one more potential security weakpoint.