Craig Sanders wrote: > On Sun, Mar 18, 2007 at 09:57:49PM +1100, Craig Sanders wrote: >>>> if you're using backports.org, you may as well be using unstable. >>> I do, but for development purposes only, like many. If it's about me, I >>> use apache 1.3, php4 and mysql4.0 because I don't need anything else. >>> But it's NOT about me this time, it's about other people, and I can tell >>> you that there are a lot doing this. >> you miss the point. backports is no better than unstable. once you use >> it on a stable system, you've stopped running stable. >> >> if you think a 'stable' system with some packages from backports is >> still 'stable' then you are just fooling yourself. it's not. > > btw, the other thing that makes backports just like 'unstable' > is that you should test every upgrade on another machine *BEFORE* > you upgrade production servers. > > you obviously didn't do that. otherwise you would have found the problem > before b0rking your server. > > craig
If you were talking about me, then you didn't read me... I was NOT talking about any of my servers, but about other people complaining my app was not working because of that issue... Again, I do NOT use the backports (except some tries on my laptop maybe), I use Sarge, Etch or SID. Anyway, I think we are annoying everybody because of my first post. To all: sorry, and let's stop, ok? :) Thomas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
