Re: How to keep debian current??
On Sat, 22 May 2010 03:03:42 +0200
"Jesús M. Navarro" <jesus.navarro@undominio.net> wrote:
...
> My simple rule about Debian has always been:
> * Stable, if you just want to use Debian.
> * Testing, if you want a peek over what Debian will be on next release and
> want to help to hunt down the non-obvious bugs (probably because you depend
> on the quality of Debian Stable and that's what you can do to help going for
> it).
> * Sid, if you look for fun and have at least a mild desire to become a day a
> DD. If you don't want to open and follow a lot of bugs, provide patches from
> time to time and follow the devel lists, you'd probably be better out of the
> loop and stay on Stable or Testing.
You omit two very good reasons (although they certainly aren't
dispositive, and will not be relevant for many) to use Sid: support for
newer hardware, and inclusion of newer software.
I know that this has all been rehashed a million times already, but I
just wanted to clarify your summary.
Celejar
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