On Tue, Aug 05, 2008 at 01:00:44PM -0700, Paul Scott wrote: > Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > On Tue, Aug 05, 2008 at 02:09:34PM +0100, andy wrote: > > > >> Hi all > >> > >> This is just a general enquiry about the benefits of using Sid on a > >> desktop or a workstation. Aside from obtaining up-to-the-minute software > >> (and related patches), are there any other benefits to using Sid? I am > >> aware of the risks - i.e. frequently broken applications - but to be > >> honest, how often does this happen? > >> > >> Any thoughts (no flames please - I recycled my asbestos suit!!) > >> > > > > I find sid doesn't break that often for me. I can think of maybe two > > instances in the past three years where I've had a serious enough > > breakage that I had to stop everything else to solve the problem. > > > > Lately though, I've gotten lazy and haven't kept up with the > > updates. I'm probably running closer to lenny at the moment... If you > > don't keep up with the updates, you quickly fall *way* behind and have > > to plan the updates. If you do it every day, it's no big deal... a > > handful of packages. If you wait a week, you have to stop and think > > and pay close attention. If you wait a month, set aside a couple of > > hours in case something get's hosed because you'll be updating > > hundreds of packages. > > > My essential point is to install apt-listbugs as soon as possible and > use the information it gives to either wait for the problem to be fixed > or research the problem. I have no idea whether apt-listbugs is part of > the basic installation. big second to the use of apt-listbugs! A
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