Stuart Jansen wrote: > On Tue, 2009-11-24 at 06:28 -0700, Aaron Toponce wrote: > > With Debian Testing, you can't build a server around a specific package > version and continue to use it for years. With RHEL and Debian Stable > you can Bah. Add the older repository, specify the older version you want, away you go.
Granted, testing is required, swim at your own risk, objects in mirror are closer than they appear and all that. But I've been happily using a Heinz 57 Blend of stable, testing, and sid and been quite happy with it. Yeah, I occasionally hose my entire X when parts of KDE4 haven't made it to testing yet. And occasionally broken down to install nvidia-provided binaries for lack of patience. The point is, Debian is way easier to mix and match your packages, hose your system, and return triumphantly to working packages without a reinstall. Or at least I think that's what the point was. <shameless plug> And if you can't fix it, go see my friends at Guru Labs. They're the only outfit I've seen that could teach you how to do it on RHEL, and SuSE, and Debian, and Plan9... and BeOS... and probably Amiga. </shameless plug> Disclaimer: I'm in no way related to Guru Labs, nor received compensation for my comments. Unless you count Enlightenment Putty. Grazie, ;-Daniel Fussell -------------------- BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. ___________________________________________________________________ List Info (unsubscribe here): http://uug.byu.edu/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
