On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 19:38, Oon-Ee Ng ngoonee.t...@gmail.com wrote:
-~ On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 12:19 AM, Leonid Isaev lis...@umail.iu.edu
wrote:
-~ On (10/24/11 18:00), Karol Blazewicz wrote:
-~ -~ On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 5:52 PM, Leonid Isaev lis...@umail.iu.edu
wrote:
-~ -~ Besides,
On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 4:58 PM, Leonid Isaev lis...@umail.iu.edu wrote:
Say I want to try package X, but instead I download pkgs X, Y and Z from
testing. Now my scripts which rely on /proc/.../BAT0/* fail because pkg Y is a
new kernel, /dev/cdrom is gone since pkg Z is udev. And all I wanted
On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 10:56, Tom Gundersen t...@jklm.no wrote:
On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 4:58 PM, Leonid Isaev lis...@umail.iu.edu wrote:
Say I want to try package X, but instead I download pkgs X, Y and Z from
testing. Now my scripts which rely on /proc/.../BAT0/* fail because pkg Y is
a
On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 5:41 AM, Oon-Ee Ng ngoonee.t...@gmail.com wrote:
A user basically is using [testing] without fulfilling the above
requirements. Should the user be advised not to use [testing] or is
this counter-productive to the purpose of [testing]?
It is very important that people
On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 11:24 AM, Tom Gundersen t...@jklm.no wrote:
snip
Maybe this requirement should be communicated more clearly (e.g. a
comment in the standard pacman.conf)?
Great idea. I mean, as a non-[testing] user I get that guinea pig
feeling which comes naturally with linux often
On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 1:40 PM, Martti Kühne mysat...@gmail.com wrote:
On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 11:24 AM, Tom Gundersen t...@jklm.no wrote:
snip
Maybe this requirement should be communicated more clearly (e.g. a
comment in the standard pacman.conf)?
Great idea. I mean, as a non-[testing]
Am Mon, 24 Oct 2011 11:24:26 +0200
schrieb Tom Gundersen t...@jklm.no:
On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 5:41 AM, Oon-Ee Ng ngoonee.t...@gmail.com
wrote:
A user basically is using [testing] without fulfilling the above
requirements. Should the user be advised not to use [testing] or is
this
On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 06:53, Tom Gundersen t...@jklm.no wrote:
On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 1:40 PM, Martti Kühne mysat...@gmail.com wrote:
On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 11:24 AM, Tom Gundersen t...@jklm.no wrote:
snip
Maybe this requirement should be communicated more clearly (e.g. a
comment in the
On (10/24/11 09:37), Myra Nelson wrote:
-~ On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 06:53, Tom Gundersen t...@jklm.no wrote:
-~ On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 1:40 PM, Martti Kühne mysat...@gmail.com wrote:
-~ On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 11:24 AM, Tom Gundersen t...@jklm.no wrote:
-~ snip
-~ Maybe this requirement should
On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 5:52 PM, Leonid Isaev lis...@umail.iu.edu wrote:
Besides, one really doesn't have to enable testing in pacman.conf --
individual
pacman -U will do, imho.
I've read that [testing] is all or nothing and you shouldn't
cherrypick packages because you might break something.
On (10/24/11 18:00), Karol Blazewicz wrote:
-~ On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 5:52 PM, Leonid Isaev lis...@umail.iu.edu wrote:
-~ Besides, one really doesn't have to enable testing in pacman.conf --
individual
-~ pacman -U will do, imho.
-~
-~ I've read that [testing] is all or nothing and you
On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 12:19 AM, Leonid Isaev lis...@umail.iu.edu wrote:
On (10/24/11 18:00), Karol Blazewicz wrote:
-~ On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 5:52 PM, Leonid Isaev lis...@umail.iu.edu wrote:
-~ Besides, one really doesn't have to enable testing in pacman.conf --
individual
-~ pacman -U
On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 19:38, Oon-Ee Ng ngoonee.t...@gmail.com wrote:
On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 12:19 AM, Leonid Isaev lis...@umail.iu.edu wrote:
On (10/24/11 18:00), Karol Blazewicz wrote:
-~ On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 5:52 PM, Leonid Isaev lis...@umail.iu.edu
wrote:
-~ Besides, one really
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Testing#.5Btesting.5D states the
following (paraphrased for summary):-
[testing] is for experienced users who can deal with broken systems,
not for the 'absolute latest' package versions. It may break
critical/[core] packages, as such users are strongly
[2011-10-24 11:41:47 +0800] Oon-Ee Ng:
[testing] is for experienced users who can deal with broken systems,
not for the 'absolute latest' package versions. It may break
critical/[core] packages, as such users are strongly encouraged to
subscribe to [arch-dev-public] and watch the [testing]
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