On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 4:58 PM, Leonid Isaev <[email protected]> wrote: > Say I want to try package X, but instead I download pkgs X, Y and Z from > testing. Now my scripts which rely on /proc/.../BAT0/* fail because pkg Y is a > new kernel, /dev/cdrom is gone since pkg Z is udev. And all I wanted is to try > out new qemu-kvm... > > IMHO saying that testing is for experienced people is misleading since > "experienced" is a vague term; such statements only repell users. A useful > guideline would be "think three times before you type and understand how > package management works".
Cherry-picking might work, but we are not even trying to make sure it does, so it would be by coincidence. -t
