Quoting Ric Moore (wayward4...@gmail.com): > On 08/26/2015 11:26 AM, Hans wrote: > > >If you think the way "it is testing or unstable, who cares...", then the > >result will be a bad "stable". Is it that what you want? Don't think so. > > What you do is google your butt off, first, to resolve the problem > on your own if you walk on the wild side.
There's a step missing here. In the spirit of Debian, you share the problem (and the solution or workaround if you find it) on this list. What's the point of trying to make everyone struggle independently; we're not taking an exam. > Problems with testing and > unstable are then reported via bug-report to the devels/maintainers > of the borken package(s). But if people on this list demonstrate that it's not a bug but a user's mistake/hardware failure/whatever, an unnecessary bug report may be avoided. > They are the people who will release a > package(s) as stable later. > Debian-users is mainly for Debian stable users, No, that would be debian-stable-users. > not those of us who ~willingly~ subject ourselves to > breakages. I want those people to be here for at least two reasons: they're generally more expert and give better advice, often the only advice, on obscure problems; and they discuss upcoming features/ changes so that you can prepare for the next distribution upgrade. > Debian has never had a "bad" stable, ever, since stable > is not un-stable. :) Ric Cheers, David.
