On Mon, 15 Aug 2005 11:06:59 +0200, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > > That's the whole point. ebuilds need to be thoroughly tested before > > being marked stable, so you need a testing branch. > > Without it, your stable branch would not be. > > I am a long time ~arch-only user and have/had less problems, than friends
Spoken like a true geek :) > using the stable tree. Plus if there is a problem, my friends > with stable will hit it too some days/week later - and I am there > 'support', so it is good for me, if I already found a solution. Oh, there's more :) I too have found ~arch to be extremely reliable. The main downside is the extra time spent on updates, which could be a killer in a production environment. -- Neil Bothwick Head: (n.) the part of a disk drive which detects sectors and decides which of the two possible values to return: 'lose a turn' or 'bankrupt.'
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