Re: debian unstable, stable enough?

[Andrei Popescu <andreimpopescu@gmail.com>]

Marc Wilson <msw@cox.net> wrote:

> On Sun, Sep 10, 2006 at 11:08:32AM +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote:
> > Kevin Mark <kevin.mark@verizon.net> wrote:
> > 
> > > anymore updates. Also, dist-upgrade is not usually needed if you are
> > > 'upgrading' within a version whereas 'dist-upgrade' is usally needed if
> > > you are moving to a differnt version (cf.  stable->testing,
> > > stable->unstable, testing->unstable).
> 
> > It is needed if you run unstable.
> 
> Occasionally it is.  But people who advocate that you should always use the
> 'dist-upgrade' target if you use unstable should be shot.

You can (always) use dist-upgrade, if you're careful enough
what the changes are. But I never do unattended (dist-)upgrades and
always have a good look at what the changes are, _especially_ what gets
removed. Of course, I learned most of my lessons the hard way, but I
also solved most of them on my own, thank you.

Regards,
Andrei
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