Re: debian unstable, stable enough?
Albert Dengg wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 08, 2006 at 01:20:35PM +0200, Jordi Carrillo wrote:
> >> 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?
> Well...most often not but there can be...
> and of course the problem with unstable (and testing for that matter) is
> that it can happen that with an update a default behavior changes
> (happend to me for example one when they introduces the feature of
> expireing passwords in samba and had it activated by default....)
>
> that said...i use unstable on nearly all me desktop machines for some
> years now
So do I.
> and i hardly ever have any problems...
I consider apt-listbugs an essential part of (usually) keeping out of
trouble. There are quite a few packages I'm holding back now.
Paul Scott
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