John Purser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: JP> I'm running Woody and I'm confused about what sources to list for apt-get. JP> When I look at the ftp sites I see directories for Potato and Stable. I JP> thought Potato was Stable. Also I see Woody as well as Unstable AND JP> Testing. I'm not sure what status Woody is in just now. JP> JP> Questions: JP> Am I seeing generic names (Stable) as well as distribution names (Potato) JP> and getting them confused? Or is there a difference between them?
"stable", "testing", and "unstable" are generic names; they will always point to the current distributions in those states. "potato", "woody", and "sid" are names of distributions. Right now potato is stable, woody is testing, and sid is unstable; eventually woody will become stable, though sid will stay unstable. (The release names are characters from the Toy Story movies; Sid is the kid who breaks toys.) JP> I'm running Woody for a project I'm involved with. Should I be JP> updating my system from Stable, Unstable, Testing, or Woody if I'm JP> fairly new to Linux and not interested (or competent) to assist in JP> bug hunting. If you want something that Just Works, I'd recommend stable; it's mostly debugged, and the only upcoming changes to the current release would be security fixes. unstable is good if you absolutely must be on the bleeding edge, or it you're a Debian developer. woody seems to be a good compromise between bleeding-edge and not-totally-broken, but it changes constantly and won't have nearly as much testing as a full-fledged stable release. -- David Maze [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://people.debian.org/~dmaze/ "Theoretical politics is interesting. Politicking should be illegal." -- Abra Mitchell
