Re: How "unstable" is unstable?
On Sun, Jul 06, 2003 at 09:07:42PM -0400, Neal Lippman wrote:
> I'm wondering, from those running sid, just how "unstable" is it at the
> present time?
>
> The reason I am asking is that I would like to move on to KDE 3 and am
> feeling behind the times, still using KDE 2.1 in woody. I've been
> reluctant to track sid since I do need my workstation to be up and
> working pretty well, so I'd be interested in hearing from some who are
> using unstable regularly.
A late reply --
sid is pretty stable for most people. It helps a lot if you install
apt-listbugs however. Here's a quickie I wrote up on that and what it
does... note the bits in red:
http://www.livejournal.com/community/debian/102656.html
Also, if you go to exit dselect and it points out some packages with
updated versions having unsatisfied dependencies, I find it's best to
hold those to avoid marginal configurations.
With a little care, sid hasn't left me with a non-working system in
some years. A few times, I've been bitten by having to manually update
some configuration information, but that's always been detailed in the
change list. Adding apt-listchanges will help there, as well.
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