Re: SVG broke after installing Pidgin unstable package
I wrote:
> What would require that? So things change: so what? Why do you think
> you have to keep up?
Doug writes:
> Two reasons: bug fixes for any problems I would notice (things not
> working)...
Just upgrade packages in which you find troublesome bugs (and which have
been fixed in Sid).
> ...security-related bug fixes for problems that I don't notice but that
> are important.
Pay attention to security-announce and upgrade packages as required.
> Applying a security fix generally involves downloading a new package.
It does not involve constantly dist-upgrading. There is no need to upgrade
Sid packages just because new ones are available, which is what "keeping
up" implies. While some evidently find it amusing to do daily
dist-upgrades it is by no means necessary.
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John Hasler
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