On Fri 22 Jun 2012 at 15:50:07 -0500, John Hasler wrote: > I wrote: > > Daily and/or automatic updates when running Sid are silly because sooner > > or later they will get you in trouble. > > Brian writes: > > And leaving the updating for an extended period won't? > > Did I say you should?
No. But but you did say daily updates are silly. Which implies updates at another (completely unspecified interval) are better. > -devel warns you about transitions and similar > events that mean that it would be best to wait a while before upgrading > anything. It also warns you when you _should_ upgrade. I've never found debian-devel to be the best of guides for updating. Not that it may not be useful but I think you are rather over-egging its authoritive status. > > I'm not too sure I'd always rely on -devel for security information. > > Which is why I said you should subscribe to -security. But then, you > should anyway. Which is where we came in. -- 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/20120622221910.GL30016@desktop
