Re: LTS versions - confusion

From	Tanstaafl <tanstaafl@libertytrek.org>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: LTS versions - confusion
Date	2021-09-15 17:00 +0200
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On 9/15/2021 6:45 AM, Brian wrote
> I was also rather hoping Tanstaafl would contribute a few words on how
> the unstable model contrasts with Gentoo's rolling release model.

Well, it's been many years, but basically, you could select what
'branch' you were on using keywords (stable, testing, etc), and could
override at the package level if desired.

It worked really well, and was mostly problem free. Of course there were
a few major changes that caused a bit of pain, but the situations were
well documented, and as long as you were careful, very rarely did
anything actually ever break.

The most pain would happen to those who didn't keep things updated
regularly. I'm probably going to do a clean install of both, and play
around a bit before deciding...

Although, for Debian you've already convinced me not to use SID, and
just go with stable.

Thanks to all who responded!

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LTS versions - confusion Tanstaafl <tanstaafl@libertytrek.org> - 2021-09-13 16:50 +0200
  Re: LTS versions - confusion Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-09-13 17:00 +0200
    Re: LTS versions - confusion Roberto C. Sánchez <roberto@debian.org> - 2021-09-14 08:40 +0200
  Re: LTS versions - confusion IL Ka <kazakevichilya@gmail.com> - 2021-09-13 17:00 +0200
  Re: LTS versions - confusion Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2021-09-13 17:10 +0200
    Re: LTS versions - confusion Tanstaafl <tanstaafl@libertytrek.org> - 2021-09-14 22:40 +0200
      Re: LTS versions - confusion Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-09-14 22:50 +0200
        Re: LTS versions - confusion deloptes <emanoil.kotsev@deloptes.org> - 2021-09-14 23:10 +0200
      Re: LTS versions - confusion Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2021-09-15 00:20 +0200
        Re: LTS versions - confusion Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2021-09-15 09:00 +0200
        Re: LTS versions - confusion Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2021-09-15 15:20 +0200
      Re: LTS versions - confusion The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2021-09-15 04:50 +0200
        Re: LTS versions - confusion Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2021-09-15 12:50 +0200
          Re: LTS versions - confusion The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2021-09-15 13:10 +0200
          Re: LTS versions - confusion Tanstaafl <tanstaafl@libertytrek.org> - 2021-09-15 17:00 +0200
        Re: LTS versions - confusion John Hasler <john@sugarbit.com> - 2021-09-15 17:00 +0200
          Re: LTS versions - confusion Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2021-09-16 06:00 +0200
      Re: LTS versions - confusion <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2021-09-15 08:10 +0200
      Re: LTS versions - confusion Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2021-09-15 09:10 +0200
        Re: LTS versions - confusion "Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com> - 2021-09-15 10:40 +0200
  Re: LTS versions - confusion Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2021-09-14 08:50 +0200
    Re: LTS versions - confusion "Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com> - 2021-09-14 16:40 +0200
      Re: LTS versions - confusion l0f4r0@tuta.io - 2021-09-14 19:00 +0200

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