RE: how stable is testing?
Well, I am very familiar with running mixed systems. Good to know that I am
not breaking a holy rule with that. The procedure for setting it up is in
the apt-get how to on Debian's site.
You do have to be alert when doing an upgrade though. Sometimes packages
will get removed erroneous if you don't keep your eyes open. You can also
wind up with missing dependencies. The question becomes is the product of
mixing woody and sarge become less stable than sarge.
Joe
-----Original Message-----
From: Szabó András [mailto:szundi@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, October 22, 2004 4:10 PM
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: how stable is testing?
Hi!
Testing sometimes had problems in the last some years, not so much,
but more than zero is a problem :) Anyway, it is called testing :)
I have some machines running stable debian & some testing packages,
and i have no problems at all. So you can try it.
Search google with "apt pinning" ant you will see how.
András
On Fri, 22 Oct 2004 14:05:09 -0700, Gilbert, Joseph
<jgilbert@insuresuite.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> So, I'm sure this has been discussed before but I would like
to get some
> up-to-date input on this.
>
> I have been administering a Debian network for about a year
and a half now.
> >From my experience, stable does not have a quick path to
getting version
> updates incorporated into it. This makes for a hassle if you
want to run,
> for instance, an up to date sendmail server. I have seen this sort of
> problem on a number of my servers. My solution (probably the
wrong one) has
> been to update whatever I needed to from testing and slag
through whatever
> conflicts resulted from the mixed system.
>
> It seems that if I want to have things run smoothly when I am
upgrading or
> installing new packages, it is best to either use one or the
other. So, my
> question basically is testing generally good enough for most
standard server
> implementations? What sort of uptimes can be expected? I
know this is a
> general question since it will depend a lot on what I am
doing with these
> servers and how heavily they are hit, etc.
>
> Joe
>
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