On Sat, Nov 05, 2005 at 11:10:31AM -0500, Mitch Wiedemann wrote: > > Colin wrote: > > > >Lubos Vrbka wrote: > > > > > >>hi guys, > >> > >>i think i installed k3b using the debian packages (in testing) some time > >>ago, however i cannot find it now using aptitude/apt-cache. has > >>something changed? > >> > >> > > > >They are changing over to gcc 4.0 in testing so they had to remove some > >packages including k3b. I won't be updating my system until k3b and > >hotplug is put back in. > > > > These sorts of temporary inconveniences are why I switched back to using > Debian "stable". I'm not complaining about "testing" and "unstable", > but I just want to let people know that "stable" is a place where > packages don't usually "disappear" from the repositories. > > If you want to help test the next release(s) of Debian, or want the > newest packages (with the potential for some occasional aggravation) use > "testing" or "unstable". If you want nice, boring consistency, and > predictability, use "stable", and take a couple of steps back from the > leading edge... :) > Agreed. I had fun following Sid for a couple of years. However, I am now working on my Master's thesis and I don't have time to monkey around with my machine suddenly not working. The only inconvenience so far has been that as stable and testing/unstable have diverged, maintaining my packages has become trickier. But I mmake liberal use of pbuilder and qemu to make sure that everything works properly. -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://familiasanchez.net/~roberto
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