Joey wrote: > If you install a Debian stable system, you are (more or less) > guaranteed the system doesn't change its behaviour during its > lifetime, except for security updates, corrections for severe problems > and license violations.
This is not true. All recent releases at least ship an apt/sources.list pointing to "stable", which can cause unwanted upgrades when people do not look close enough. I've seen this already, with a potato box half-upgraded to woody, and the customer wondering why his Debian box was not working correctly any more. This box ran a critical app for them, and someone just installed a couple of new packages as they were used to, without any problem up to woody's release :( -- Yann Dirson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Why make M$-Bill richer & richer ? Debian-related: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Support Debian GNU/Linux: Pro: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Freedom, Power, Stability, Gratuity http://ydirson.free.fr/ | Check <http://www.debian.org/>