Re: upgraded libraries

["wayne A" <wayne@webdevint.com>]

thanks for the information.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Adam Aube" <aaube01@baker.edu>
To: "wayne A" <wayne@webdevint.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 12, 2004 1:46 PM
Subject: Re: upgraded libraries


> On Sunday 12 September 2004 08:24 am, wayne A wrote:
> > First off, thanx for replying Adam.
>
> You're welcome. In the future, though, please reply to the list and not to
> list members directly (unless specifically requested to).
>
> > Secondly, I have installed woody stable and watching this list I am
> > beginning to understand the Debian philosophy: stable trys not to land
> > you in trouble, hence, it will not upgrade to beta releases of any
> > package until they are declared stable.
>
> While generally true, what "stable" really means in Debian terms is that
> the distribution as a whole changes very little - package dependencies,
> binary compatibility, and configuration file layout don't change.
>
> The only updates that go into a stable release are fixes for critical bugs
> and security vulnerabilities. Everything else just gets a mention in the
> release notes.
>
> > So, since it took a lot of hard work to install and configure my
> > current sites (mail, forums, irc, apache, mysql, ssl etc. - across two
> > servers), you can understand why I am very wary of tinkering with the
> > system unless it has, more or less, a damn good chance of succeeding.
>
> I, too, run production servers, so I do understand this viewpoint.
>
> > It is not crucial at this point to add certain nice-to-have software
> > (aspell comes to mind)
>
> You could check out backports.org - it is an apt-compatible package
> repository for packages from testing/unstable that have been built for
> stable. It allows you to get a newer version of certain packages without
> having to compile from source or move to testing/unstable.
>
> Adam
>
>