Re: Installing sid

["Svein E. Seldal" <Svein.Seldal@solidas.com>]

Carlos Sousa wrote:
> It sounds like some temporary breakage in the packaging of some sid
> packages. Nothing much. Being a sid user means you should be able to
> investigate the errors being reported by apt-get, track down the root
> causes and possibly help resolving them.
>
> You *do* know sid is the *unstable* distribution, right? Mainly for Debian
> developers themselves to test their packages or for people who don't mind
> having their machine occasionally rendered useless because they probably
> have the skills necessary to put it back in working order.
>
> It seems you're getting a first taste of sid even before installing it...
> Are you sure you understand what you're getting into?

Yes I do. Except that I'm very young in Debian-world, so I'm not too 
familar with the apt/dpkg-system. Yet. Regards, ex. RedHat user.

And yes I do know that its the unstable distro. However, one of the 
biggest advantages with living on the edge is that you get to try things 
out while they are still hot. ;)

However, I have been running sid on my laptop for say three months now, 
and it works like a charm. I've had no stability-problems at all... So 
based on my experience, I'd say that sid isn't _that_ unstable. (I've 
had some dependecy problems, but thats generally it.)

Regards,
Svein