2015-10-25 1:11 GMT+01:00 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <[email protected]>: >>>>>> "MAFM" == Manuel A Fernandez Montecelo <[email protected]> >>>>>> writes: > > MAFM> stable and testing are supposed to be free of that (althought the big > MAFM> gcc-5/C++11 ABI transition affected testing as well, I think). > MAFM> unstable and experimental are not, because it is where the development > MAFM> happens. > > OK. But I thought the first three were supposed to be free of that, that's > why they are listed separately on > https://www.debian.org/distrib/packages > and the fourth unlisted.
Do you mean that you thought that unstable would not have problems with uninstallability/transitions? It does (in fact, it's the main place where it happens, and I think that experimental is rarely used for that directly). The website points to this, although not mentioning "transitions" directly but describing the effects -- in the last paragraph of this e-mail. ========= View the packages in the unstable distribution This area contains the most recent packages in Debian. Once a package has met our criterion for stability and quality of packaging, it will be included in testing. unstable is also not supported by the security team. Packages in unstable are the least tested and may contain problems severe enough to affect the stability of your system. Only experienced users should consider using this distribution. See the unstable distribution pages for more information. ========= The last line points to https://www.debian.org/releases/sid/index.en.html : ========= The unstable distribution (sid) The code name for Debian's development distribution is sid, aliased to unstable. Most of the development work that is done in Debian, is uploaded to this distribution. This distribution will never get released; instead, packages from it will propagate into testing and then into a real release. Please note that security updates for unstable distribution are not managed by the security team. Hence, unstable does not get security updates in a timely manner. For more information please see the Security Team's FAQ. sid is subject to massive changes and in-place library updates. This can result in a very unstable system which contains packages that cannot be installed due to missing libraries, dependencies that cannot be fulfilled etc. Use it at your own risk! ========= Cheers. -- Manuel A. Fernandez Montecelo <[email protected]> _______________________________________________ Aptitude-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/aptitude-devel
