Re: Debian stable - updates
On Sat, 26 Jun 2021 08:12:07 -0500
John Hasler <john@sugarbit.com> wrote:
> Andrei writes:
> > Unstable is challenging when you rely on that system for any kind of
> > useful work, regardless if a movie night with friends or a big
> > presentation at work, as each and every upgrade has the potential to
> > break your system in new and interesting ways.
>
> I've run Unstable on my desktop for decades. It's been at least 15
> years since an upgrade gave me any serious trouble. However, I don't
> use a desktop environment (unless you call FVWM a DE) and I only
> upgrade when it is both safe and necessary.
>
> I did recently have a problem with an Exim4 upgrade but I believe it
> was primarily due to my customizations (I switched to Postfix as
> that's the simplest way to do "wipe it all out and start over").
I've had a logjam for most of a year on a few items which can't be
upgraded because of an odd dependency issue involving guile-2.0 and 2.2.
Yesterday, I had a need for inkscape, which I rarely use and which could
only be installed by removing half a dozen programs I use much more
often. So I put it on my stable netbook instead. When I'm sufficiently
annoyed with the problem I'll do a reinstall but there are over 4000
packages and if I do an automatic reinstall it will probably just
recreate the same problem.
I think unstable is fine if you have an alternative computer,
(basically, owning a computer is fine if you have an alternative
computer) but by itself can occasionally mess things up.
--
Joe
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