Re: moving to Debian
* Kurt Lieber (debian@kirpatrick.com) [Dec 13. 2001 02:19]:
> Honestly, I'd recommend skipping testing and going straight to unstable.
> Despite the name, unstable is quite acceptable as a desktop machine. I
> wouldn't run it as a server, but I wouldn't run testing on a server, either.
> Testing has too many dependency conflicts that don't get resolved in a
> timely fashion because of the way testing works. Testing really isn't meant
> for human consumption, IMO. When unstable has problems, they're generally
> resolved within a day or two.
>
> I had more problems running testing than I've had since I've moved to Sid.
> YMMV, however.
I've always been kind of nervous about dist-upgrading to unstable. If I did
decide to do that, has anyone had any luck in downgrading to woody after
an upgrade to sid (For example, if there were any major problems after
the upgrade)?
--
-Brian Clark
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