Am 04. Nov, 2003 schw=E4tzte Derek Neighbors so:

> Why are using the -t option?  I ask because using it to install packages
> other than the version you are running is EXTREMELY risky to the stabilit=
y
> of your system.

I disagree. I have found -t to be quite a nice compromise between stable
and the things you need out of testing or unstable.

> I see a lot of people that complain about Debian (not saying you were
> complaining) that are doing things that are considered big no no's or
> buyer beware.

Or in this case, something I recommended :).

> My two cents.

I'll see your two cents and raise you 3 Pfennig :).

> If you want a rock solid system and don't need up to the minute versions
> of all things just major packages.  Use STABLE.  Then use back ports from
> apt-get.org to run current packages of bigger projects (gnome, mozilla,
> openoffice, etc).

Not a bad option. We need a better interface to the unofficial sources. We
also need to add a way to get some quality control on them.

> If you want the latest greatest of everything.  Run UNSTABLE.  Make sure
> you have apt-listbugs installed.  This program will notify you any time
> you update if programs you are updating have critical or higher bugs file=
d
> against them, thus helping you avoid upgrading at in opportune times.

I say this is a job for testing. Unstable is only for people who want to
have the latest and greatest bugs, IMHO.

> If you want to help in the release of the next stable version of Debian
> use testing and file lots of bug reports.  Note: I can't consciencously
> recommend testing for daily use other than to help Debian release cycle.

It works great for me on multiple boxen.

The real fix is to come up with a stable, yet somewhat current distro for
debian. I'm working on it :).

ciao,

der.hans
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