On 05/06/2017 06:38 PM, RavenLX wrote: > On 05/06/2017 06:46 PM, Michael Milliman wrote: >> beta testing. Usually, by the time Stretch reaches the 'frozen' stage, >> most of the major issues have been worked out, and it is reasonably >> ready for production. However, they may still be a few problems to be >> worked out...it is a beta after all. > > I have come to know over the years nothing is 100% perfect, even if it's > out of beta. :) I've used beta software in the past that was very > stable, and used stable software in the past that was buggier than > you-know-what. (I must say the majority of the buggy software was back > when I used to use Windows as my main OS). Since I use Debian as my main > OS, I have had quite reliable and rock-solid results. > >> I use out of distribution packages on occasion as well. However, there >> is no guarantee that such packages will work or continue to work under >> the new distribution, even after it is released as Debian Stable. > > The ones I use are Google Chrome (because I need to have things like > bookmarks, etc. available across several devices), JEdit (I use this for > development), TLP Power Management (because otherwise my laptop's fan > would be on all the time and it would get quite hot for some reason), > Thunderbird from Ubuntuzilla, and VirtualBox (because I like to have the > latest). Also videolan is in there for the stuff needed for playing DVDs > on my laptops. I don't use CiaroDock right now but I do have it > commented out in case I want to go back to it. Also I added the > backports repo. That's the crazy setup I have. I'm thinking of doing > this for GIMP and Blender as well. Not sure yet. I like having new > features. :) I'm considering going back to KDE and having the latest KDE > updates, too (right now I'm doing quite well with XFCE from the Jessie > repo). Sometimes I like to try different things (and do so usually first > in a virtual machine for awhile). > >> Having said that, if they worked under Debian 8, they may well work >> under Debian 9. Keep in mind, however, the libraries available with >> Debian 9 will in many cases be new and updated versions, and may not be >> the same as the ones used by the out of distribution packages. So there >> may be some compatibility issues. (Issues I did have with one of the >> out-of-distribution packages I use.) > > I've had that happen a long time ago with something (I forgot what now). > Very much a PITA. > >> Give it a try. If it works for you great. > > Going to do that in a VM first. > >> If you have problems, >> especially with packages/libraries within the distribution, report them >> so that they can be addressed and fixed. That kind of input is >> important in getting the Stretch distribution through the process to the >> Stable distribution. > > I'll earn the "dumb question of the century" award for this but... > > What list do I report bugs to and is there something online that tells > someone (who doesn't normally report bugs) the proper way to do bug > reports? > That is most definitely NOT a dumb question!! It is difficult at times to determine where to report bugs. However, if the bug is within the Debian distribution, I would use the Debian bug reporter to report it, the development team will work with upstream as necessary to resolve the problem. If if is out-of-distribution, they you would have to report it through whatever method the package distributer provides for doing such things, which varies from package to package.
> Thank you for the detailed information you gave. It's very much > appreciated. :) > -- 73's, WB5VQX -- The Very Quick X-ray
