Re: Question re Debian versions
On 2004-03-18, Michael Satterwhite penned:
>
> On Thursday 18 March 2004 14:28, Monique Y. Herman wrote:
>> What sorts of testing would you want to do on your testing machine?
>> The testing distro is a little odd in that it's really intended for
>> developers, not users. It's "the stuff they're working on for the
>> next release of stable," not necessarily "the stuff that's more
>> stable than unstable but newer than stable." This is a subtle but
>> important difference. For example, security updates will make it
>> into testing *after* they make it into both unstable and stable.
>
> I do development on the machine running Sarge. The package list in the
> stable list gets a bit dated for me. They, however, are perfect for
> the machine that *HAS* to be up and stable. I don't want that machine
> anywhere near the cutting edge.
*nod*
If I were you, I believe I would choose unstable, not testing, on my
development box. But that's just me.
--
monique
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