On 4/19/20, Andrei POPESCU <andreimpope...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Du, 19 apr 20, 09:43:46, Carl Fink wrote: >> So this has bugged me every time I run Debian Stable: you find a bug. You >> try to report it, and are told not to bother because there's a newer >> version. > > By? I'm guessing you mean the standard request from reportbug to try a > newer version. > >> Why is reportbug even in Stable? Why not just replace it with a script >> that >> says "Sorry, bugs in Stable are never fixed. Try Testing." Seriously, >> that's >> literally the Debian policy, that only security fixes are done in Stable. > > Actually bugs of severity "important" or higher can be fixed in stable, > provided certain criteria are met.
Just in case it helps: you also have Backports. «Backports are packages taken from the next Debian release (called "testing"), adjusted and recompiled for usage on Debian stable.»[1] >> So, actual question: how usable is the current Testing? > > It's usable, though with less guarantees. Have a backup plan in case of > breakage. Mine is typically a paralel stable install, though other > methods exist (e.g. snapshots) Another option - if disk-space is a concern - is to have a pendrive at hand with a couple of your preferred (updated) LiveUSB distros in something like MultiSystem[2] (which I *really* don't know why isn't available in Debian repositories...) or anything similar that you like[3]. Best regards. [1] https://backports.debian.org/ [2] http://liveusb.info/dotclear/ [3] https://alternativeto.net/software/multisystem/?license=opensource&platform=linux
