[arch-general] Arch Linux and security - it needs some work

[Carlos Williams]

On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 3:14 PM, Aaron Griffin <aaronmgriffin at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 9:05 AM, Daenyth Blank <daenyth+arch at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 10:01, Ananda Samaddar
>> <ananda.samaddar at vfemail.net> wrote:
>>> I really like Arch. I switched about a year ago after being a Debian
>>> user for nine years.  There is something that troubles me though about
>>> Arch.  Its lack of security focus.
>>>
>>
>> Basically this and everything related to it comes down to manpower.
>> Every time it gets brought up, the response is "that would be nice"
>> and then no one does anything. If you want to make it happen, then
>> work on submitting patches and doing the legwork that needs to be
>> done.
>
> Don't forget: everyone is interested in "starting discussions" or
> "planning" or "drawing up plans", but when it comes to the actual work
> well, then the original initiators get disinterested. It's as if the
> problem is purely academic and all that's needed is a solution and
> things will simply get implemented.

How does Arch Linux far behind in security as compared to Debian.
Perhaps I caught this conversation late but I would like to know what
makes Debian better in aspects of security -vs- Arch? Can anyone
please explain?