On Fri, Nov 22, 2002 at 02:29:48AM +0100, Tollef Fog Heen wrote: > * Michael Stone > > | On Thu, Nov 21, 2002 at 10:26:37AM -0800, Mike Fedyk wrote: > | > Yes, please use experemental more than it is now. > | > | Please never use experimental. I much prefer private apt repositories > | with discrete units (e.g., an X repository or gnome repository) over > | experimental, which is a random collection of software, some of which > | might really toast your system. > > Nothing is installed from experimental because of dependencies.. you > have to be explicit about each and every package. (Unless you have > overridden that using apt's preference, in which case you should know > that you are out on a limb). AIUI, anyhow.
Nice, (btw, this is documented in man apt_preferences) but how do you know there is a new version available in experemental from apt-cache? Anyway, with this, experemental looks even better. :)