Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Tue, Aug 05, 2008 at 02:09:34PM +0100, andy wrote: > >> Hi all >> >> This is just a general enquiry about the benefits of using Sid on a >> desktop or a workstation. Aside from obtaining up-to-the-minute software >> (and related patches), are there any other benefits to using Sid? I am >> aware of the risks - i.e. frequently broken applications - but to be >> honest, how often does this happen? >> >> Any thoughts (no flames please - I recycled my asbestos suit!!) >> > > I find sid doesn't break that often for me. I can think of maybe two > instances in the past three years where I've had a serious enough > breakage that I had to stop everything else to solve the problem. > > Lately though, I've gotten lazy and haven't kept up with the > updates. I'm probably running closer to lenny at the moment... If you > don't keep up with the updates, you quickly fall *way* behind and have > to plan the updates. If you do it every day, it's no big deal... a > handful of packages. If you wait a week, you have to stop and think > and pay close attention. If you wait a month, set aside a couple of > hours in case something get's hosed because you'll be updating > hundreds of packages. > My essential point is to install apt-listbugs as soon as possible and use the information it gives to either wait for the problem to be fixed or research the problem. I have no idea whether apt-listbugs is part of the basic installation.
I might be concerned right now because the current version of apt has some bugs. aptitude makes it easy to "plan the updates" Paul Scott -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]