On 2021-09-03 at 13:06, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Fri, Sep 03, 2021 at 10:40:32AM -0400, The Wanderer wrote: > >> I have been running with (e.g.) >> >> deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ stable main non-free contrib >> deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ testing main non-free contrib >> >> for over a decade, and [...] there have been some problems [...] > > This is *precisely* why we advise against doing this. A dedicated > expert in Debian may be equipped to handle the problems that arise. > If you think you're good enough, and you want to do this, we can't > stop you. But we also can't help you when it breaks. While I acknowledge the points raised thus far (that being why I haven't responded, since I wouldn't have had much to say but "That's fair"), I don't think this is entirely right. You snipped out the part where I pointed out that as far as I can tell, the problems which I had are the same ones which I'd have had from just tracking testing anyway. If that's correct, then the fact of tracking both will have had nothing to do with my having encountered those problems. -- 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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