Re: Switching from Etch to Lenny - help me assess the risk.
On Sun, 9 Nov 2008 20:56:51 +0000
Bob Cox <debian-user@lists.bobcox.com> wrote:
> Stable is rock solid. It does not break.
>
> Testing breaks less often than Unstable. But when it breaks, it
> takes a long time for things to get rectified. Sometimes this could
> be days and it could be months at times.
>
> Unstable changes a lot, and it can break at any point. However, fixes
> get rectified in many occasions in a couple of days and it always has
> the latest releases of software packaged for Debian.
>
> Which in my albeit limited experience, seems to be a pretty accurate
> set of definitions.
Hmm. So what's your experience with unstable? Does it break often?
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