thanks for the information. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Adam Aube" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "wayne A" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, September 12, 2004 1:46 PM Subject: Re: upgraded libraries
> On Sunday 12 September 2004 08:24 am, wayne A wrote: > > First off, thanx for replying Adam. > > You're welcome. In the future, though, please reply to the list and not to > list members directly (unless specifically requested to). > > > Secondly, I have installed woody stable and watching this list I am > > beginning to understand the Debian philosophy: stable trys not to land > > you in trouble, hence, it will not upgrade to beta releases of any > > package until they are declared stable. > > While generally true, what "stable" really means in Debian terms is that > the distribution as a whole changes very little - package dependencies, > binary compatibility, and configuration file layout don't change. > > The only updates that go into a stable release are fixes for critical bugs > and security vulnerabilities. Everything else just gets a mention in the > release notes. > > > So, since it took a lot of hard work to install and configure my > > current sites (mail, forums, irc, apache, mysql, ssl etc. - across two > > servers), you can understand why I am very wary of tinkering with the > > system unless it has, more or less, a damn good chance of succeeding. > > I, too, run production servers, so I do understand this viewpoint. > > > It is not crucial at this point to add certain nice-to-have software > > (aspell comes to mind) > > You could check out backports.org - it is an apt-compatible package > repository for packages from testing/unstable that have been built for > stable. It allows you to get a newer version of certain packages without > having to compile from source or move to testing/unstable. > > Adam > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]