> "Testing" is improving. However, since I've noticed some of the same > problems with conflicting or missing dependencies, I've chosen to install > "stable," use '=' to have dselect hold all packages, and then upgrade them > to testing as needed. So, for example, I go through and install the stable > release, hold all packages, and then I notice that in order to use Yahoo > chat, I have to upgrade Everybuddy. So I tell it to look at the "testing" > tree, change the status of that one back to normal, dselect then tells me > what else I would have to upgrade to install the new version of Everybuddy, > I let it do that much, and everything is fine.
For most purposes it appears to be possible to stay on Potato, but have your sources lines (deb-src in your /etc/apt/sources.list) point at testing. That way if you want a part from testing, you build it locally, so it gets the local libs, unless it's hopelessly entangled with other parts from Testing, in which case it may not build. * Heather Stern * star@ many places...
