Re: A question for the list:

[Hugo Vanwoerkom <hvw59601@care2.com>]

ZephyrQ wrote:
> Andrei Popescu wrote:
> > On Vi, 05 nov 10, 10:18:04, John Hasler wrote:
> > > Drew writes:
> > > > Consider installing apt-listbugs if you're going to run sid.
> > > Good point.  Also, don't feel that you should "track" Unstable.  Upgrade
> > > individual packages as needed and do an occasional dist-upgrade if you
> > > feel the need to clean things up.
> > Still, upgrading too seldom can make the upgrade more painful, even for 
> > testing. YMMV, of course.
>
> I hate to ask the question this way, but in terms of
> problems/fixes/downtime--approximately how often do you find that you
> have to 'fix' something in Sid?  1x week, 1x month?  (I know that my
> MMV, but if I start playing with either testing or unstable, I don't
> want to get into a problem/find fix/fix lather/rinse/repeat cycle too
> often).

I just posted a question on a broken Sid package: mondo.
But that won't be found with apt-listbugs because all bugs for this 
package are more than a year old.

It appears to have to do with the version of udev that Sid has.

I use mondo for backup system and I have found that this appears the 
most sensitive to upgrades.

Other than that I rarely or never have problems with Sid and have been 
using it since years ago I needed it for the most recent versions of X.

Hugo