Re: Debian updates worth to follow as a normal user

[Joe <joe@jretrading.com>]

Kamaraju S Kusumanchi wrote:
> s. keeling wrote:
>
>   
> > T o n g <mlist4suntong@yahoo.com>:
> >     
> > >  Where is the recommended place to read about Debian updates that would
> > >  affect end users?
> > >
> > >  For example, the recent massive update on the sid repo side, I know it
> > >  is
> > >       
> > I think it's about this time that some jerk pipes up and says
> > production machines serving users should be running stable, the raison
> > d'etre of debian.  Sorry.
> >
> >     
>
> Here you go! Production machines serving users should be running stable! 
> That's not a joke. There is a reason why Debian 'releases' stable.
>
>   

Indeed so, but for that to happen, a lot of people must do 
production-type work on sid and testing. How else do the bugs get reported?

What would probably help in that process would be some kind of organised 
rollback of the last batch of updates, without having to do a full 
backup-restore of the whole OS. Restore Points, anyone?

--
Joe