On 2021-07-10 at 14:18, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Sb, 10 iul 21, 06:51:43, Brian Thompson wrote: > >> On Sat, 2021-07-10 at 13:43 +0200, tv.debian@googlemail.com wrote: >> >>> Hi, Debian unstable with bits of experimental here >> >> Is it (usually) wise to intermix different suites? > > It depends :) > > In my opinion I'd say the order from less to more dangerous would > be: > > 1. stable + select packages from stable-backports > 2. oldstable + select packages from oldstable-backports-sloppy > 3. testing + select packages from unstable > 4. unstable + select packages from experimental I'm a little surprised to see that you don't even mention the mix which I've been running for the last decade-plus: stable + testing, which works out to testing + select packages from stable (the ones which are no longer available in testing). Do you consider that to be so dangerous as to not even be worth mentioning? -- The Wanderer The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man. -- George Bernard Shaw
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