On 4 Dec 1997, Larry G. Gariepy Jr. wrote: > I hope I don't sound heretical: I imagine that a lot of people like Linux for > the fact that there is something new to try every week or two. :) (or more > often?) But practically, how often do people think it is worth the trouble to > upgrade major software components? Every six months? Every year? >
I've been using Debian a little over a year now and I've pretty much just followed the software versions in the stable, non-free, and contrib directory trees. My "upgrade policy" is to run dselect every two or three months or whenever I want something new. I run dselect connecting via FTP so I don't worry about the age of packages on a CD-ROM. By the way -- I REALLY like the FTP connect option, it is very convienient and a nice addition to the normal download from some type of media options. If there are new versions of some of the packages I have installed, dselect will want to upgrade them and I usually let it. It seems that this has happened a two or three times in the last year. I've never had any problem with the upgrades and one of them was pretty major (Debian 1.2 -> 1.3). I bet that there are many different types of users out there with respect to their desire for a stable vs. "bleeding edge" system. There are a lot of people who really need a stable system and are careful to keep theirs that way. I think you should upgrade when you feel like it or whenever new version are released into the stable tree. If a update package does contain bugs, there is usually pretty quick action from what I've seen. Anyway just my opinion... - Steve -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
