AG wrote: > Hi > > Having recently upgraded to sid, I want to try to ensure that I am able > to maintain a more or less stable system under those circumstances and > in the full knowledge that, by definition, sid is unstable and may be > subject to breakages. > > With this in mind, what do the more experienced sid users do in terms of > the daily updates of packages that come through - for example - the > Update Notification? I know that sidux users rely on some scripts - > sxmi and sgfi (??) I think - but I wonder if that is what native sid > users rely on or do you have your own recipes for maintaining reasonable > stability? For example, the use of scripts such as those from sidux, or > not doing a daily system update or ... ? > > Thanks for any tips/ steers. > > AG
Install apt-listbugs, apt-listchanges. Upgrade packages only if you know why you want to upgrade them. If you don't know why you are upgrading a package, you don't need that upgrade. Those are my rules when upgrading a sid system. Also, over the years of using a SID system, you'll have a feel for which upgrades can be trusted which might break your system etc., For example, I never had problems upgrading gcc, coreutils etc., But I do not rush to upgrade to the latest KDE apps. YMMV. hth raju -- Kamaraju S Kusumanchi http://malayamaarutham.blogspot.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
