Hillel Lubman wrote: > I can't update Firefox from /dev repo, without switching the whole system to > it. So I either have to wait until next major system release, or to switch to > /dev, or to install Firefox manually (which I did using the SVR4 package from > Mozilla releases archive).
Right, that's an artifact of how packages are currently built and tested. Currently, packages are built and tested as a 'giant collection' against each core system build, so almost all packages are locked together for installation and update. > In general, is it OK to use dev repository for desktop usage? In Debian for > example, "testing" release is quite OK for common usage. In general, it should be, yes. There have been very few builds that I have skipped for /dev. The best way to decide is to simply read the release notes when they're announced. Of course, remember that because of how image-update is performed, you can always boot back to your old environment if the new one doesn't work right. Cheers, -- Shawn Walker
