The main reason I am considering going with the unstable version is to get the AA fonts in KDE 2.1. I did a "apt-get -d install kde-base" after enabling the unstable tree and hitting an "apt-get update". What I found was most of the development packages as I expected like libc, gcc, etc. However, there also was the perl packages which have been reported as very buggy. I can't deal with that. What is the status of these packages now.
Like you , my system must be functional at work. I don't use anything else. >There have been some issues. Bugs crop up. I can't remember the last >bug which actually caused me grief. I think it must have been the >libfreetype6 one for AA fonts in KDE. But I have been running non-AA >KDE for months now. I am currently having a problem with xlibs not >getting installed, but it isn't hosing my system. > >I think (hope?) that the days of "broken bash", and "no more /dev" are >over. I will only use Debian unstable from now on. Any other Debian >becomes more and more unmaintained as time passes. I can't deal with >that. This is my work laptop, and even though it _must_ work all the >time, I am quite fine with testing/unstable. > >rob > > -- James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. Oak Ridge National Laboratory [EMAIL PROTECTED] - work [EMAIL PROTECTED] - home