Re: Question re Debian versions
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"Monique Y. Herman" <spam@bounceswoosh.org> writes:
> On 2004-03-19, Michael Satterwhite penned:
>>
>> On Thursday 18 March 2004 17:31, Brian Nelson wrote:
>>>
>>> However, testing tends to be more broken than unstable. Testing
>>> works well right now since we're near a release and almost everything
>>> in there is in a releasable state, but after sarge releases, watch
>>> out.
>>
>> I'm sure I'm missing something here. I would expect that the Testing
>> version becomes more unstable after the current Sid becomes the
>> Testing version (which is why I wouldn't update from Sarge to ??? for
>> a few months). But are you *REALLY* saying that the new Testing
>> version will be more unstable than the new Unstable version??
>> Something seems wrong with that picture.
>
> I'm not sure that "less stable" is the right term, but "less usable"
> almost certainly is.
backports.org is your friend.
> Unstable is where bug fixes, new packages, etc are first introduced into
> a debian distribution. (There's also something called "experimental,"
> but that's not a proper distribution.)
The important ones, like security updates, make it down pretty quickly.
> Say you have package A that makes it past unstable and into testing.
> Then someone finds a bug in package A. It turns out to be an icky bug,
> and it takes quite a while to fix it. The bug will be fixed in unstable
> before trickling down into testing.
And in unstable, a package can be broken for months. It's really not
for people who aren't ready to work for it at times.
> Also, look at security updates. Updates are provided for stable and
> unstable almost immediately. Then those using testing distributions
> must wait the allotted amount of time before receiving the unstable
> update in testing.
If you're in a spot where security is absolutely critical, you should
only be using stable anyway.
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.''`. Paul Johnson <baloo@ursine.ca>
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`. `'` proud Debian admin and user
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