May 9, at 09:45, dman sent through the Star Gate: >Whenever a library goes through a major incompatible revision, debian >keeps both around as separately named packages designed to co-exist.
That by itself is a good enough reason for me to try Debian. I tried as a newbie to upgrade some packages in my RH 5.2 box so I could run some programs I needed. After I finished, other progams I needed no longer worked. I ended up having to wipe the box and reinstall from scratch. Upgrading Red Hat has been a major nightmare. Right now I have a Red Hat 7.2 box that I use to host a couple hundred non-profits, mostly churches. For security reasons I need to keep it upgraded to the latest releases of the programs I'm using. I tried to upgrade two other boxes. Neither worked. I had to wipe them and install from scratch. I have so many customizations to this box that if the upgrade fails, I'm going to lose a bunch of services I provide that will take me months to reinstall. Glen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
