Adam Hardy wrote:
andy on 11/04/07 20:12, wrote:
John Hasler wrote:
Joe Hart writes:
if you're running Etch you won't be getting many, if you're running
Lenny
(which is kind of hard because AFAIK it isn't all complete yet)
Lenny (Testing) is complete. It just happens to be nearly identical to
Etch at the moment.
Thanks steef, Joe & John for the response.
If I wanted to remain current (w/out being bleeding-edge ala Sid),
would I now be adjusting my apt-sources-list to look for "testing"
rather than "etch" as they do now?
How risky is this on a workstation/desktop-&-music-&-Net box?
It depends how often you are going to do an across-the-board upgrade
of all your packages to stay current, and I guess it depends alot on
knowing what you are doing. I guess if you have to ask, you will end
up learning alot!
That's what happened to me. I stayed with etch through about 18 months
of testing and found every 3 months I would encounter some
mind-bending problem concerning things I never knew existed. Would
spend an hour or a day sorting it out with help from this list and
elsewhere.
Adam
Adam, your response was quite provocative!
While I am fascinated by computers and have enjoyed my forays into
programming and networking I cannot claim to be anything more than a
user who would prefer a trouble-free computing experience, but isn't
afraid about getting my hands dirty if need's be. So, on this basis, and
noting that I have my trusty update manager doing all of the nitty
gritty for me, what am I realistically looking at if I adapt my
sources-list to "testing" (as they had been prior to Etch becoming Etch)?
The plot thickens ... :)
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