Re: debian (sid)

[Matt Brubeck <mbrubeck@hmc.edu>]

> Can someone explain to me why is there the need to upgrade to sid which
> is still in development?  I find that deb packages for potato are not
> really up to date. Eg. qt is in v2.0, kde is not available.

If you want up-to-date packages but don't want to deal with the vagaries
of unstable, I recommend upgrading to "testing".  The testing distribution
automatically filters out versions with release critical bugs or broken
dependencies, so it elimininates much of the hassle of tracking sid.