Re: skype, amd64, libc6-i386 and ia32-libs

[Emanoil Kotsev <deloptes@yahoo.com>]

Micha Feigin wrote:

> On Tue, 18 Aug 2009 21:30:06 +0100
> Chris Davies <chris-usenet@roaima.co.uk> wrote:
> 
>> Γιώργος Πάλλας <gpall@ccf.auth.gr> wrote:
>> >>> After returning from vacation I updated my testing, amd64 system.
>> 
>> > By the way, does anybody know why they had to break things first? I did
>> > not expect that from debian!
>> 
>> I rather think that the name of the version you're running answers that
>> question. If you don't want things to break, run "stable".
> 
> The problem is that it's also so ancient that unless you are running a
> server things will be too far from current as well.

What should it be so ancient?! I'm running stable on server and client and
I'm not missing anything - except bugs!

> 
> You are falling into the same hole as most and mixing the everyday meaning
> of debian's stable,testing and unstable with the debian distribution
> meaning.

I don't understand this?! Debian is so flexible that almost nothing breaks -
you are just missing the right parts ;-)

regards