On Fri, Sep 08, 2006 at 02:15:59PM +0200, Jordi Carrillo wrote: > If packages go from unstable to testing in just 10 days then it's not worth > going to unstable, is it? I mean, you can live in the bleeding edge as well > being in testing. > > On 9/8/06, TThhiibbaauutt PPaauummaarrdd <_p_a_u_m_a_r_d_@_u_s_e_r_s_._s_o_u_r_c_e_f_o_r_g_e_._n_e_t> wrote: > Le vendredi 08 septembre 2006 à 13:20 +0200, Jordi Carrillo a écrit : > > I'm using Debian testing and I was thinking about switching to > > unstable. Is Debian unstable, stable enough for a Desktop system? > Are > > there broken dependencies in unstable? > > Thanks > > I can't really see a rationale for this. As far as I know, packages > normally migrate from unstable to testing in _10 days_ (unless > testing > is frozen). Packages that don't are broken in some way or break > something else in some way. Now I know people do this, I guess they > must > have a reason (a good reason for an unstable chroot is developing > packages for Debian). > > T. Hi Jordi, all new bugfixes enter unstable. Packages migrate to testing not exactly in 10 days. There are factors that make it less and there are factors that make it longer--even taking months. The important thing is to try unstable on a second machine, not your main one. Some folks create 2 partitions: one for testing and one for unstable, some create 3 from all versions. This allows one of them to break while the other will still work. All you need to do is just keep a seperate partition for your data files. for a REALLY big picture check out my diagram at http://debian.home.pipeline.com cheers, Kev -- | .''`. == Debian GNU/Linux == | my web site: | | : :' : The Universal | debian.home.pipeline.com | | `. `' Operating System | go to counter.li.org and | | `- http://www.debian.org/ | be counted! #238656 | | my keysever: pgp.mit.edu | my NPO: cfsg.org |
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