I've been running Debian Squeeze for a little while now. I was using Ubuntu before, so I'm really used to being able to keep certain software up-to-date using their PPA system. I'm loving Debian (even though I've had to make a few tweaks for it to work with my new system), but there are a few packages I wish were newer. Banshee is one of them. There have been a load of changes since the 1.6.1 version that is in Squeeze. I can compile the new version myself, but have been unable to get webkit support enabled when compiling, so it is nicer to use a build from the repositories.
I've done plenty of reading on how to enable the backports and also install software from testing/unstable. However, I wanted to get the opinion of others before I change my system for good! Is it recommended to install packages from testing? I know this often also updates dependencies that other software may use causing the system to potentially not be as secure or stable. Should I just wait for newer versions to maybe hit the backports repository? Or should I just take the longer route and compile newer versions myself (which sometimes doesn't always work well)? Also, if I do add the testing repositories and setup apt pinning and/or priority, what happens in another year or so when I try to upgrade my system to the next stable release? is everything going to work because of the pinning and priority I originally setup? I'm sorry for so many question in one mailing! And I hope I'm not rambling too much! My ultimate goal is to run Debian Stable but have a few packages and maybe the kernel (many bug fixes for my system are in the newer kernels) from backports/testing. Let me know what you think! Thanks, Noah Duffy -- 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/banlktinfquaapfwfeo3ptjuteppwdrg...@mail.gmail.com