Michael Pobega <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > But what if you've been using Ubuntu for seven months now, you have > all your applications install, with all the libraries with version > numbers like "2-3.2-ubuntu-1"?
Sure, it's not really a big deal. Those usually don't seem to be any more incompatible than any other minor upgrade of the same package. > You'd run into a lot more problems that way. Not in my experience. After my "adventure" (running ubuntu for a few months, and then returning to debian), there were a few packages hanging around for ages with "...-ubuntu-..." versions, but they didn't cause any obvious problems, and eventually went away in a normal upgrade. As far as I can tell, Ubuntu is reasonably careful about keeping their packages largely debian compatible, such that any such differences can be handled by normal apt mechanisms. [I don't know to what extent this is intentional policy though.] > I've heard stories of people trying to dist-upgrade into Sid and > hosing their entire system. No doubt. But it's not a given. I can't really say much more given my sample size of one... :-) -Miles -- .Numeric stability is probably not all that important when you're guessing. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]