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Re: Held Back Packages on Debian Sid




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25 Oct 2021, 04:03 by joe@jretrading.com:

> On Sun, 24 Oct 2021 02:59:19 -0400
> westlake <westlake2012@videotron.ca> wrote:
>
>> 'testing' is more safe to use as it is the branch used where packages 
>> have been pulled (from sid) after some reviewing of the package.
>>
>> sid is more for development and requires a special setup with
>> snapshots or a chroot environment.
>>
>
> It depends. I've just retired a fifteen-year-old sid, used pretty much
> daily (upgraded pretty much daily), and never done any of this. 
>
> I do have more than one computer...
>
+1
Ran Libranet for a couple of years, when XP came out in 2001, then switched to SID and been running with that since.
Never had a problem that wasn't resolved within 24 hours, and had plenty to go on with in the meantime.
No special requirements at all.
Cheers!

Harry.


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