On Tuesday 17 February 2009 07:02:38 Rodolfo Medina wrote:
> I've been using Debian for more than three years now, but always using the
> official DVDs of the most current stable version: first Sarge, and then
> Etch.
>
> Recently, many times I've been needing to use a testing/unstable Debian
> version for many applications that were too old in stable Debian, so now
> I'm thinking of switching to a testing/unstable Debian version for good.
>
> Now, my question is: which one is more advisable, testing or unstable?

All of it!

Example /etc/apt/preferences:
Package: *
Pin: release a=stable
Pin-Priority: 900

Package: *
Pin: release a=lenny-backports
Pin-Priority: 800

Package: *
Pin: release a=testing
Pin-Priority: 700

Package: *
Pin: release a=unstable
Pin-Priority: 500

Package: *
Pin: release a=experimental
Pin-Priority: 300


Example /etc/apt/sources.list:
# Debian
deb     http://127.0.0.1:9999/debian    stable          main contrib non-free
deb-src http://127.0.0.1:9999/debian    stable          main contrib non-free
deb     http://127.0.0.1:9999/debian    testing         main contrib non-free
deb-src http://127.0.0.1:9999/debian    testing         main contrib non-free
deb     http://127.0.0.1:9999/debian    unstable        main contrib non-free
deb-src http://127.0.0.1:9999/debian    unstable        main contrib non-free
deb     http://127.0.0.1:9999/debian    experimental    main contrib non-free
deb-src http://127.0.0.1:9999/debian    experimental    main contrib non-free

# Security
deb     http://127.0.0.1:9999/debian-security   stable/updates  main contrib 
non-free
deb-src http://127.0.0.1:9999/debian-security   stable/updates  main contrib 
non-free
deb     http://127.0.0.1:9999/debian-security   testing/updates main contrib 
non-free
deb-src http://127.0.0.1:9999/debian-security   testing/updates main contrib 
non-free

# Volatile
deb     http://127.0.0.1:9999/debian-volatile   stable/volatile main contrib 
non-free
deb-src http://127.0.0.1:9999/debian-volatile   stable/volatile main contrib 
non-free

# Backports
deb     http://127.0.0.1:9999/debian-backports  lenny-backports main contrib 
non-free
deb-src http://127.0.0.1:9999/debian-backports  lenny-backports main contrib 
non-free

# Multimedia
deb     http://127.0.0.1:9999/debian-multimedia stable          main
deb-src http://127.0.0.1:9999/debian-multimedia stable          main
deb     http://127.0.0.1:9999/debian-multimedia testing         main
deb-src http://127.0.0.1:9999/debian-multimedia testing         main
deb     http://127.0.0.1:9999/debian-multimedia unstable        main
deb-src http://127.0.0.1:9999/debian-multimedia unstable        main
deb     http://127.0.0.1:9999/debian-multimedia experimental    main
deb-src http://127.0.0.1:9999/debian-multimedia experimental    main

Example /etc/approx/approx.conf:
# Here are some examples of remote repository mappings.
# See http://www.debian.org/mirror/list for mirror sites.

debian                  http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian
debian-security         http://security.debian.org/debian-security
debian-volatile         http://volatile.debian.org/debian-volatile
debian-backports        http://www.backports.org/debian
debian-multimedia       http://www.debian-multimedia.org/

# The following are the default parameter values, so there is
# no need to uncomment them unless you want a different value.
# See approx.conf(5) for details.

$interface      lo
#$port          9999
$max_wait       30
#$max_rate      unlimited
#$user          approx
#$group         approx
#$syslog        daemon
#$pdiffs        true
#$verbose       false
#$debug         false

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