On 05/11/10 15:54, ZephyrQ wrote:
Andrei Popescu wrote:
On Vi, 05 nov 10, 10:18:04, John Hasler wrote:
Drew writes:
Consider installing apt-listbugs if you're going to run sid.
Good point. Also, don't feel that you should "track" Unstable. Upgrade
individual packages as needed and do an occasional dist-upgrade if you
feel the need to clean things up.
Still, upgrading too seldom can make the upgrade more painful, even for
testing. YMMV, of course.
I hate to ask the question this way, but in terms of
problems/fixes/downtime--approximately how often do you find that you
have to 'fix' something in Sid? 1x week, 1x month? (I know that my
MMV, but if I start playing with either testing or unstable, I don't
want to get into a problem/find fix/fix lather/rinse/repeat cycle too
often).
In my case, I'd say that I notice something important is broken about
three or four times a year, and it's usually sound. If it takes more
than about half an hour to fix, I'd call it serious and I'd guess that
happens less than once a year, more than once in two years.
The last minor one was about a week ago, when a grub update prevented
booting for those who have a separate /boot partition (*not* the first
time that's happened, and for the same reason as last time, so at least
it was an easy fix). I have twice in about seven years met something
beyond my ability to fix (and one of those concerned grub) and needed to
reinstall. But it's a workstation, so there's nothing important stored
on it, and I take frequent backups of /etc and the package list. I also
have other computers, which is important if you consider running sid.
I do upgrade pretty well every day, because the backlog builds up very
quickly otherwise. Depending on the position in the release cycle, a
download average of 70-80MB/day for a week or two is not unusual, and
I'd rather not deal with a week of that at a time. 5-10 minutes a day is
manageable, I'd prefer that it wasn't a one-hour session, as I'd keep
putting it off until it was a three- or four-hour one.
--
Joe
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