Re: Concerning testing
On 14 May 2004, Clive Menzies wrote:
> On (14/05/04 15:17), Anthony Campbell wrote:
> > On 14 May 2004, John Chronakis wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Although I am an old Linux user, I have never used debian, and I am a
> > > bit confused about the various versions.
> > >
> > > I would like to install testing (sarge) on a small business server
> > > (gateway, firewall, mail, web, ftp etc).
> > > I know that I should install stable, but somehow I don't want to. So I
> > > have some questions.
> > >
> > > Do things break often with testing?
> > > Will I have problems with security updates?
> > > Is testing on a business server an awfully idea, or just not recommended.
> > >
> > > I am asking those with debian experience, since I cannot judge only by
> > > what I am reading on the official site.
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> > >
> >
> > Have a look in the archive (via Google if you like); there was an
> > extensive discussion of this subject a couple of weeks ago. The general
> > conclusion was that Unstable is the way to go in preference to Testing,
> > especially as regards security updates.
> For workstations, yes but for servers Stable is strongly recommended.
> Backports are available for later versions of particular packages.
>
True, but the poster did say that he didn't want to install stable.
These issues were covered in the earlier discussion, I think.
Anthony
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