On Fri, 5 Nov 2010 18:19:55 +0200 Andrei Popescu <andreimpope...@gmail.com> wrote:
... > I don't recall the last time sid was broken so that manual intervention > was needed to get the system running, but individual applications can > have annoying bugs. Let's consider something like the kernel switch to the libata drivers, where you had to rewrite your /etc/fstab (assuming you weren't using UUIDs or labels) and other critical files due to the renaming of the device nodes. Someone who was doing ordinary stable upgrades would see the warnings in the release notes, but it was pretty easy to get bitten by this if you were just tracking Sid. This is a good illustration of another good piece of advice for anyone wanting to run Sid: you need to keep up with the general news and discourse in the community. When I got hit by the switch, I was aware of what to do because I follow this list, as well as some other sources of news, but a user who just wants things to work and doesn't have time / interest to follow the news might have experienced considerable frustration. Celejar -- foffl.sourceforge.net - Feeds OFFLine, an offline RSS/Atom aggregator mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20101105152652.b18105f6.cele...@gmail.com