On Sun, 18 Sep 2005 02:41:37 -0400 William Ballard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I started using Woody in Jan 03, and switched to Sid maybe by around > April, and learned to deal with its unstability and stuck with it until > Sarge came out. Now I run Sarge, because I expected Sid to become > horribly unusable. There is always potential for breakage with Sid. I don't view the risk now as being significantly different from what it was 6 months ago or what it will be 6 months from now. If you are willing to deal with the breakage, find ways to work around broken packages, limp along until a fixed package comes out, downgrade, etc... I say go for it. A lot depends on how critical you feel your machine and your data are. It's always nice to have System Rescue CD and Knoppix, Damn Small Linux, or some other distrobution that runs live from a CD handy just in case. There have been a couple of stretches were I had to hold off on upgrading a few packages until the situation was right to upgrade without uninstalling anything I wanted to keep, but I have not had any big problems. You might want to get current with Etch first before pulling from Sid. If you want newer stuff and more stability than Sid provides you can stick with Etch completely or learn about pinning and use a combination of packages from Etch and Sid. Later, Seeker -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
