Re: unstable, just how unstable is it
On Thu, Aug 29, 2002 at 10:45:52AM +0100, Colin Watson wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 29, 2002 at 03:44:24PM +1200, Corrin Lakeland wrote:
> > Generally very stable, say 2.
> >
> > HOWEVER
> >
> > There are some major changes happening in unstable at the moment
> > (Python 2.2/3, Perl 5.8, glibc, gcc 3.2). These mean unstable is
> > likely to break in the near future, and when unstable breaks it
> > _really_ breaks.
>
> Ack. The Perl 5.8 transition is only something like half complete (most
> popular modules have been shifted over, but there are a lot of fringe
> modules still to go), and a colleague at work almost hosed his desktop
> configuration beyond repair by accidentally upgrading to GNOME 2.
Oh, yeah, note that a lot of packages in unstable require a newer glibc,
specifically the version that dropped support for libdb.so.2. Make sure
you install libdb1-compat for safety's sake if you find yourself going
for that.
--
Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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