On Mon, Feb 07, 2011 at 10:28:19PM EST, Tarek Soliman wrote: > On Mon, Feb 07, 2011 at 01:03:43PM -0800, Arthur Barlow wrote:
> > Are you guys kidding??!!! I've been using "testing" for years with > > very little problems. > You should know that every time a release happens, both testing and > unstable go into flux. > Here are some free tips for everyone: > > Do not track "stable" or "testing". Track the release names instead. > This will prevent unexpected upgrades > If you've been tracking testing (e.g. squeeze in this case) and > a release happens, don't switch to the next one until a month after > the stable release. This is because of the dozens of maintainers who > have been holding it in. system. Have knoppix or some liveCD handy and > learn how to chroot. > > I understand your pain and frustration but you're not going to make > any friends here with this kind of attitude. > I had to upgrade 5 machines on Sunday and I spent the whole day doing > it because of various problems. I followed the release notes and one > of the lenny laptops that had an nvidia card lost its console when > I upgraded the kernel and udev and rebooted. (as instructed by the > upgrade guide) I didn't lash out because I knew it was risky and > I knew there was a way out. This is what comes out of "years of using > debian". Food for thought.. I've printed it as a reminder.. in the event I run into some real nasties and start losing my cool. cj -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110208061555.GA4221@pavo.local
