On Sun, 19 Mar 2006 13:16:08 -0500 kamaraju kusumanchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> If you upgrade unstable on a daily basis, there is a high probability > that it breaks on a daily basis. My experience contradicts that. I upgrade every ... hhhm ... time I remember. That's about two times a week, if I'm not VERY busy. And I don't use apt-listbugs. I got bitten only twice, one of which was due to an unofficial package (see my other post). > If you upgrade it on a monthly basis, then there is a high probability > that it breaks on a monthly basis and stays broken until the next > upgrade etc., Not necessarily. The yaird issue had a good fix until the package itself got fixed. > The key to run a successful unstable distribution is to not upgrade your > system once you are satisfied with the current state of affairs. Which defeats the very purpose to why many people are running unstable (and the OP wants to run it): to always have the latest software. Andrei -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. (Albert Einstein) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]