On 2023-05-13 at 05:28, Hans wrote: > Hi folks, > > there is a question, which is in my mind for many years. > > Is there any reason, why not using oldstable, stable and testing > together?
Others have cited reasons why not, and those reasons are valid. Despite that, this (or a subset, since I have no interest in oldstable) is exactly what I run. It is effectively running testing, with packages in stable available as a fallback in the event that I find the need to install something that has been (hopefully temporarily) removed from testing. I tend to dist-upgrade against this on a weekly basis during most of the development cycle of a Debian release, and on a daily basis (or more) during the first few/several weeks after a release is made. I have definitely encountered bugs in the course of doing this, and have had to work around or otherwise resolve them. But so far, this has been the course of fewest overall problems for me, for quite a number of years now. I don't think I'd choose to run a "daily driver" Debian system against anything else. -- The Wanderer The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man. -- George Bernard Shaw
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