Leonid Grinberg: > > Unstable, I know, does not have this problem. I think most packages are not considerably newer in unstable than they are in testing. But huge things like Gnome, which consist of a few dozen interdependent packages propagate slower to testing.
> So I am wondering, how unstable is it? I might be getting a new > computer within a few months, and am considering installing Debian > Unstable on it. But what should I expect? Will it crash a few times a > month, or a day? How much work is it? Personally, I am running unstable on my machines (desktop systems) for two or three years now and I have never experienced a major outage (like random system crashes or a system that doesn't boot anymore). The problems you are likely to encounter are single broken packages. To deal with this stuff, you should know how to use apt(itude), the BTS and Google. And this list, of course. But be prepared to be asked questions like "Why do you use unstable if you cannot handle $foo yourself?!?". :) Of course you should not run unstable on machines you really depend on or on servers which are likely to be attacked. J. -- In public I try to remain calm and to appear perceptive. [Agree] [Disagree] <http://www.slowlydownward.com/NODATA/data_enter2.html>
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