On Tue, 20 Dec 2005 20:11:30 +0100, Benno Schulenberg wrote: > Neil Bothwick wrote: > > Most of the reported problems with > > testing packages seem to be from people running mixed > > stable/testing systems. > > Just a hunch, or do you keep numbers?
An impression, much more than a hunch,m but no hard numbers to back it up, hence my use of the word "seem". > > If everyone ran stable, how stable would it be with no testing? > > If everyone ran either full stable or full testing, how are problems > that occur when one the testing packages makes it to stable going > to be detected? By the ones running stable. :( So, mixed systems > are just as needed as ones at full testing, if not more so. A mixed system is not stable. I doubt many people run all stable save for one package, not that there's anything wrong with that. But when you have a lot of packages in package.keywords, you're best of switching to a full testing system, IMO. -- Neil Bothwick Happiness is merely the remission of pain.
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