On Thu, 4 Apr 2002 20:15:34 +0200 Michael Andreen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I posted this as reply to another thread, but looks like the discussion in > that thread is over and noone is planning an answer, so here it is now, but > not as a reply. > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Wednesday 03 April 2002 10.29, Laurent Montel wrote: > > Perhaps you don't know but cooker is DIFFERENT from 8.2 ! > > When this is up.. It's been said that it's dangerous to run cooker, but how > dangerous is it really? > > I've been "idling" on this mailinglist for a few months now and I can't see > that it's more dangerous than always compiling and running the latest release > of everything (which I tend to be doing after a while, or "stealing" a cooker > package once in a while and get it into the stable dist), actually it seems > less dangerous since you mdk guys are more experianced and follows the > development of your packages better than me (I guess). > > So what's recommended? Running a stable release and compiling the latest > software/ using a few cooker packages in the stable release or running a pure > cooker system? > > Michael Andreen > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > I run cooker all the time. On a few occasions I've spent 2-3 hours rebuilding a box cause of it. I wouldn't suggest using cooker for anything that needs to be available. Using packages from cooker can be just as bad (search archives for libpng :) For a serious box and reliability - use a release version and let it get out of date except for packages where you NEED the newer features/fixes. -- Murray J. Root ------------------------------------------------ Mandrake on irc.openprojects.net: #mandrake & #mandrake-linux = help for newbies #mandrakeguru = advanced discussions #mdk-cooker = Mandrake Cooker discussions
