Ever since release day (early Feb 2011), I haven't got any updates (apt-get update && apt-get upgrade). I've tried another repository (ftp://ftp.de.debian.org/debian), and it's the same thing.Here's the relevant line from my /etc/apt/sources.list:deb ftp://ftp.is.co.za/debian stable main non-free contrib
How often does Debian update its Stable repository?
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Stable will only be updated when there's a point release. Don't expect these to be very often. In fact, don't expect these.You should absolutely include security updates (unless you have some requirement like FIPS or something) as outlined at http://www.debian.org/security/.If you want other regular updates add the stable-updates as detailed at http://wiki.debian.org/StableUpdates (stable-updates is formerly known as volatile, so if you see any references to that, this is the NewThing™).If you want new software that isn't included in stable you should add backports as detailed at http://backports.debian.org/Instructions/.