Michael Satterwhite <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thursday 18 March 2004 14:28, Monique Y. Herman wrote: >> What sorts of testing would you want to do on your testing machine? The >> testing distro is a little odd in that it's really intended for >> developers, not users. It's "the stuff they're working on for the next >> release of stable," not necessarily "the stuff that's more stable than >> unstable but newer than stable." This is a subtle but important >> difference. For example, security updates will make it into testing >> *after* they make it into both unstable and stable. > > I do development on the machine running Sarge. The package list in the stable > list gets a bit dated for me. They, however, are perfect for the machine that > *HAS* to be up and stable. I don't want that machine anywhere near the > cutting edge.
However, testing tends to be more broken than unstable. Testing works well right now since we're near a release and almost everything in there is in a releasable state, but after sarge releases, watch out. -- You win again, gravity! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
