-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 "Monique Y. Herman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On 2004-03-19, Michael Satterwhite penned: >> >> On Thursday 18 March 2004 17:31, Brian Nelson wrote: >>> >>> 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. >> >> I'm sure I'm missing something here. I would expect that the Testing >> version becomes more unstable after the current Sid becomes the >> Testing version (which is why I wouldn't update from Sarge to ??? for >> a few months). But are you *REALLY* saying that the new Testing >> version will be more unstable than the new Unstable version?? >> Something seems wrong with that picture. > > I'm not sure that "less stable" is the right term, but "less usable" > almost certainly is. backports.org is your friend. > Unstable is where bug fixes, new packages, etc are first introduced into > a debian distribution. (There's also something called "experimental," > but that's not a proper distribution.) The important ones, like security updates, make it down pretty quickly. > Say you have package A that makes it past unstable and into testing. > Then someone finds a bug in package A. It turns out to be an icky bug, > and it takes quite a while to fix it. The bug will be fixed in unstable > before trickling down into testing. And in unstable, a package can be broken for months. It's really not for people who aren't ready to work for it at times. > Also, look at security updates. Updates are provided for stable and > unstable almost immediately. Then those using testing distributions > must wait the allotted amount of time before receiving the unstable > update in testing. If you're in a spot where security is absolutely critical, you should only be using stable anyway. - -- .''`. Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' : `. `'` proud Debian admin and user `- Debian. Because it *must* work. debian.org aboutdebian.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAWlx7UzgNqloQMwcRAgg1AJ9Jqio4HuOP0dQndXLB/WXWhXQaRwCdGXjK y5QkJscWJ74/adJ3KhzqdnA= =CzV7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]