Re: Switching to unstable
On Wed, 2003-03-12 at 18:28, Bill Wohler wrote:
> Matthias Szupryczynski <silk_worm@gmx.net> writes:
> > I am thinking to switch from stable to unstable these days. Is this
> > advisable at the moment, or is the unstable branch suffering from mayor
> > problems right now (libc broken etc.)
>
> I run testing and grab packages from unstable that are having a hard
> time making it over to testing. This is a nice compromise between
> stability and bleeding edge. You might consider doing that too.
Thanks, didn't thought about that.
> To do this, add both testing and unstable to your sources.list file,
> and then create /etc/apt/preferences with the following to track
> testing but allow for packages in unstable:
I read about this eons ago but forget about it as quickly again. Good
point, and as far as I can see, only a handful of packages I need are in
sid. I will try that.
Thanks again
Matt
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