2009/4/7 Brent Clark <brentgclarkl...@gmail.com> > Daniel Dalton wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> How stable is debian testing (squeeze)? Is it worth updating to? Or >> should I wait a little bit until more development has been done? I used >> to run debian when it was testing, so wonder if squeez is this stable? >> >> Daniel. >> >> >> > Hi > > Im of the opinion that more people should be running testing (and if you > know what you doing / more braver - use unstable). > It works and it works very well. > > Here where I work, and at home too, I run debian testing. In the Ten years > that I have been running Debian, I can only remember that on two occasions > that I have experienced problems (but im sure the problem was more between > the keyboard and chair ;) ). > > Another thing is if more people would submit bugs. Really help the > maintainers. Help the project and community. > > The only problem I do have is with package management. I find it a bit > cumbersome and too tiring to even bother (Think Debian could learn from > FreeBSD). > > Anyway. > > HTH and hope you will give Testing a try. > > Kind Regards > Brent Clark
+1 I run testing for non-production boxes from ages. If you want a more stable system you can use apt & pinning techniques to run a mixed stable/testing. Also, when in testing, have a look at BTS for packages you are interested in. regards raffaele
