On Monday 26 June 2006 00:07, Chris Metzler wrote: > On Sun, 25 Jun 2006 11:56:09 +0100 > > Lee Elliott wrote: > > I'm using Debian unstable on all my systems atm. There > > isn't really a version for unstable because it's constantly > > being updated. > > > > However, I'm thinking of dropping back to Debian Testing > > because every now and then something does get broken and I'd > > like a slower update cycle. > > Take this step with care. I don't mean to discourage you -- I > generally run testing, myself -- but it's important to know > what you're getting into. For instance, you comment that one > of the reasons for switching from unstable to testing is > breakage; but breakage happens in testing too. Not as > frequently, and it's typically a different sort of breakage > (e.g. uninstallable packages because of unsatisfied > dependancies when something came down from unstable to > testing, but not all its dependancies made it for some > reason), but breakage does happen. More importantly, when > stuff does get broken, it can take *much longer* to get fixed. > About a year before Sarge came out, for instance, KDE was > fundamentally broken in testing for about four months. > > Testing isn't really a distribution that's intended for > general use; a lot of people think that it's some kind of > intermediate state between stable and unstable; it isn't. > It's a different animal entirely. > > -c
Thanks for the insight. One of the biggest problems I find with unstable is trying to synchronise half a dozen systems - by the time I've validated an update on a test box it's out of date when I try to roll it out :-/ LeeE Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Flightgear-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-users
