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Re: [debian-knoppix] hd-install: problems with new packages



On Sat, Jun 07, 2003 at 03:42:06PM -0500, Dirk Eddelbuettel said:
> 
> > 3) I once wasted about half a week with sid/unstable because of an update and 
> > minor system misconfiguration in one of the packages. Is testing a bit more 
> > secure?
> 
> You say 'secure' but presumably mean bug-free. Yes it should.

I believe you may be incorrect.  unstable gets security fixes very
quickly, but historically there have been issues with testing getting
fixes.  I know they've done things to address this, but I don't believe
it gets the same response time as unstable does.


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