Omer Zak wrote: > On Sat, 2005-10-08 at 18:15 +0300, Lior Kaplan wrote: > >>Omer Zak wrote: >> >>>I neglected to ask for clarification previously, so I'll ask now. I was >>>under the impression that Debian Unstable is for developers, as it has >>>no guarantees about the quality of packages. However, Debian Testing is >>>meant for packages, which were tested and are supposed to be stable. >>> >>>This was the situation for Debian Sarge, before it was turned into >>>stable. Are the roles of Unstable and Testing reversed for Etch? >> >>The names of Debian's flavors represent the package archive. Unstable - >>changes a lot. Stable doesn't change at all. Testing gets packages from >>unstable 10 days after the package has entered unstable, unless it has >>RC bugs or dependency problems. > > > In other words, the right choice for me now is Testing. I am not a > Debian developer, and I do not have the resources to deal with systems > broken by buggy upgrades. So I prefer to use packages only after some > filtering.
Yes, Debian testing is the best solution I can recommend for people who want new things, but not broken things. Now, when testing has its own security team, it even safe. (that used to be testing biggest problem). Enjoy. -- Lior Kaplan [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.Guides.co.il Debian GNU/Linux unstable (SID) ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
