On Wed, Sep 15, 2021 at 10:06:47AM +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Ma, 14 sep 21, 16:33:55, Tanstaafl wrote: > > > > Hmmm... ok, so, I could run sid 'forever', as long as I keep it updated > > regularly? > > Technically, yes. > > > Anyone do this for important (maybe not 'mission critical') servers? > > I used to run sid as the main system on my daily driver laptop. > > Having it break before a (non-work) presentation, or even just game > night and later dance party with friends was definitely not fun, so I > started running a stable install in paralel (shared /home, which brought > its own set of complexity). >
I feel for you. It's worth thinking that sid is where you'll get package churn, packages built with different compilers / libc versions potentially, churn of desktop packages while you wait for KDE or GNOME to settle - it's not an environment that's settled day to day, necessarily. You might wait months for a major desktop to work, for example, as packages move in. > > With the amount of 0-day vulnerabilities found on regular basis I would > be extremely wary of running sid for any public facing services. > This too. You've no way of knowing what you're exposed to with a large rate of package churn. All best, Andy Cater > Kind regards, > Andrei > -- > http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser