On Thursday, 26 March 2020 7:27:33 PM AEDT Marc Haber wrote:
> I still wouldn't dare pulling testing or unstable packages to
> production systems. It's like a worst-of-all-worlds approach.
Not at all. Packaging is an extra layer of safety. Upstream release may be
outright broken, unusable or buggy with critical regressions. Presumably
maintainer at least tested the packages maybe even by using.
Therefore I consider packages to be a better alternative than direct use of
upstream software, even when you need to use a package from "testing".
Also all "stable" packages were once in "testing" and one can never be sure
if any package was tested enough before it become "stable".
Careful use of canary pre-production systems where you roll updates first,
before deploying to production, allows to mitigate risks of regressions due
to software upgrades.
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All the best,
Dmitry Smirnov.
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