Re: What to do when testing come to stable on a Debian wheezy/sid?
On Fri 22 Jun 2012 at 15:50:07 -0500, John Hasler wrote:
> I wrote:
> > Daily and/or automatic updates when running Sid are silly because sooner
> > or later they will get you in trouble.
>
> Brian writes:
> > And leaving the updating for an extended period won't?
>
> Did I say you should?
No. But but you did say daily updates are silly. Which implies updates
at another (completely unspecified interval) are better.
> -devel warns you about transitions and similar
> events that mean that it would be best to wait a while before upgrading
> anything. It also warns you when you _should_ upgrade.
I've never found debian-devel to be the best of guides for updating. Not
that it may not be useful but I think you are rather over-egging its
authoritive status.
> > I'm not too sure I'd always rely on -devel for security information.
>
> Which is why I said you should subscribe to -security. But then, you
> should anyway.
Which is where we came in.
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