Re: Woody vs. Sarge vs. You've heard this before ;-)
On Wed, 2003-08-13 at 15:53, David Fokkema wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 13, 2003 at 02:30:33PM -0600, John M. Purser wrote:
> > 100) were recognized but no driver was available. Finally working from a
> > response on this mailing list I installed woody stable again, changed my apt
> > sources, and upgraded to Sarge, where I was STILL stuck with kde 2.2!
>
> Not any more. KDE 3.1 has entered testing, :-)
>
> > I think most people should think twice before going to testing. If it's
> > just one package you're desperate for then take a look at finding a back
> > port or building from source. If you really want to TEST DEBIAN then buddy
> > strap that helmet on, hit the gas, and go for it! If you want to USE DEBIAN
> > to get other work, play, learning done then stick to stable.
>
> My idea. And then I tried testing. Nothing 'weird' happened. Finally,
> my mission-critical, production laptop is running unstable. Had no
> problems whatsoever, ;-)
>
> (Still, I think you're absolutely right. You have to decide if you want
> to run the _risk_ that something breaks.)
Jeez, you run a risk getting into your car, or walking to the subway...
My mixed sarge/sid system has worked very well for me, with minimal,
surmountable issues. Certainly less than I had when trying to
upgrade RPM-based systems.
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