On Vi, 05 nov 10, 10:54:23, ZephyrQ wrote: > Andrei Popescu wrote: > > On Vi, 05 nov 10, 10:18:04, John Hasler wrote: > >> Drew writes: > >>> Consider installing apt-listbugs if you're going to run sid. > >> Good point. Also, don't feel that you should "track" Unstable. Upgrade > >> individual packages as needed and do an occasional dist-upgrade if you > >> feel the need to clean things up. > > > > Still, upgrading too seldom can make the upgrade more painful, even for > > testing. YMMV, of course. > > I hate to ask the question this way, but in terms of > problems/fixes/downtime--approximately how often do you find that you > have to 'fix' something in Sid? 1x week, 1x month? (I know that my > MMV, but if I start playing with either testing or unstable, I don't > want to get into a problem/find fix/fix lather/rinse/repeat cycle too > often).
I don't recall the last time sid was broken so that manual intervention was needed to get the system running, but individual applications can have annoying bugs. Regards, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic
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