I didn't mean in regard to backwards compatibility. I meant your every day bug that gets missed during testing. In your case, I think the old adage holds true: if it ain't broke, don't fix it. For me, I enjoy problem solving and a broken system is almost a delight! ;-)
On Saturday 23 August 2003 20:22, Lionel Laratte wrote: > Very interesting link. So, I would say that the capabilities are there > and just need to be communicated. Another person in this thread (Jason > Stubbs, I believe) mentioned something to the effect that packages like > glibc may break stuff if they are updated. Does this mean that its > developers don't maintain backward compatibility? > > Also, just how important is it to upgrade your packages? I mean, for > example, I just like fooling around with Linux on an old desktop I have > and I installed it on an old laptop (PII-266) to milk more mileage out > it on my train commute to work every day. Basically, I use e-mail, > Gnumeric, Abiword, a browser and play CDs/MP3s on it. If it just works > for me, should I be concerned about upgrading these packages whenever a > new version comes along or should I just keep using it while it's > stable? Just some thoughts. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Heschi Kreinick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, August 23, 2003 7:07 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] auto Emerge world > > > I've been following this thread and it occurs to me that doing an auto > > emerge world might be better handled if there was some way to > > --pretend > > > this a print a log of what would be updated. It could even be a > > menu-driven process allowing you to choose what to update. Does this > > sound feasible? As I said, I am not a programmer so this might be > > totally useless thinking. Just trying to be helpful. > > http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=67849 > Take a look at bemerge and femerge. > -Heschi > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
