[Eug-lug] Debian fubaria question

[perdurabo]

Thanks, this is plain and simple to understand their crazy release scheme.


On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 12:02:57 -0800, John Sechrest <sechrest at jas.peak.org> wrote:
> 
> 
>  % Should I be running Debian stable or unstable? Which one is easier to
>  % upgrade as new software comes out? I am familiar with basic apt-get
>  % operations.
> 
>  Debian has three releases: Stable, Testing and Unstable.
> 
>  Sage is the current Testing release.
> 
>  You should NOT be running UNSTABLE unless you want to be a beta tester
>  and do real debugging work.
> 
>  If you want rock solid , you use stable, but give up features.
> 
>  If you want features and you can afford a bit of blips from
>  time to time, then testing is right for you.
> 
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