Re: is it a bad idea to use unstable on a server ?

[Michelle Konzack <linux4michelle@freenet.de>]

Am 2006-06-09 23:12:56, schrieb Felix C. Stegerman:
> * "s. keeling" <keeling@spots.ab.ca> [2006-06-09 04:25]:
> > Michelle Konzack <linux4michelle@freenet.de>:

> > >  Stable with selected backports IF NEEDED!
> > 
> > Stable, yes.  Backports, for a server?  I'd build from source instead.
> > Of course, that could mean dependency hell ...
> > 
> > Instead, just wean yourself from having to run bleeding edge software.
> 
> As I wrote (in another thread and somewhere else in this one), I've
> decided to run stable and backport mysql + vim + linux-image myself.
> 
> I don't generally need/want bleeding edge software (on a server), I
> just really like vim 7.0 and do need some features new to mysql 5.0.

Like me, but I need PostgreSQL 8.1, PHP5 and
latest Courier suite plus spamassassin.

No way out.

Greetings
    Michelle Konzack
    Systemadministrator
    Tamay Dogan Network
    Debian GNU/Linux Consultant


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