On 27 Jul 2009, Siggy Brentrup wrote: > On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 07:45 +0100, AG wrote: > > Hi > > > > Having recently upgraded to sid, I want to try to ensure that I am > > able to maintain a more or less stable system under those > > circumstances and in the full knowledge that, by definition, sid is > > unstable and may be subject to breakages. > > You say it yourself, if you can't cope with breakages including losing > all your $HOME, stay with stable. > > In my understanding there is no warranty whatsoever that testing / > unstable won't burn your house, void the universe or whatever you can > imagine. > > my 2ยข > Siggy
I think that to use 'stable' and 'sid' in the same sentence is a contradiction in terms. That said, I do run sid and there are not too many problems except when there is a major upgrade of something major like X. On those occasions it's best to hang back till things sort themselves out. Other than that, I watch out for threats to remove packages (often a bad sign) and I run apt-listbugs; if any bugs are flagged I look at them before upgrading and hold any packkages I'm worried about. Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk Microsoft-free zone - Using Debian GNU/Linux http://www.acampbell.org.uk (blog, book reviews, and sceptical articles) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
