> > I'd like a Debian guru to tell me and others why mixing distros is so > > dangerous. Is it just because of the changes in dependances? Am I > > safe by being careful of deps myself? > > Debian is (in large part) about resolving dependencies. By mixing > distros, you're utterly fuxnoring the dependencies situation. > > I've had pretty good luck running a Woody (testing) system and grabbing > the odd package from Sid (unstable), but the delta is generally small: > ten days, plus bugs. When I say odd package, I mean just that -- > currenlty I've got Galeon and mozilla-browser from Sid as neither was in > Woody when I installed this system (two days ago). As Woody catches up, > I'll make up the slack. I'm surprised you're having as much luck as it > seems with your Potato/Woody mix -- that's approaching 14 months of > branched development.
Well, thanks for the info. I am also using a bunch of stuff from Sid - looks like the careful approach is keeping me safe. ;-) Cheers, David.
