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Re: Relative stability of Testing vs Unstable

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Jason Cohen wrote:
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> My question is how Debian Testing and Unstable compare in terms of
> stability.  The Debian documentation suggests that Testing is more
> stable than Unstable because packages are delayed by 2-10 days and can
> only be promoted if no RC bugs are opened in that period [1].  Yet,
> other sources indicate that Testing can stay broken for weeks due to
> large transitions or the freeze before a new stable release [2]. 

  i keep two bootable partitions available and upgrade
them out of step so that i always have at least one
that works well enough i can get my required tasks done.

  i've been running testing with bits from unstable
and/or experimental for quite some time now.  i've 
had problems here or there with different pieces but
only rarely been bitten where i did not have things
running at all.  luckily all situations were fixable
without reinstallation.

  i'm very happy with how it has been going.  i think 
Debian rocks and i'm very appreciative of everyone who 
makes any sort of contribution to the on-going 
development and packaging.


  songbird

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Relative stability of Testing vs Unstable Jason Cohen <jwittlincohen@gmail.com> - 2017-07-06 02:20 +0200
  Re: Relative stability of Testing vs Unstable Bob Weber <bobrweber@gmail.com> - 2017-07-06 03:40 +0200
  Re: Relative stability of Testing vs Unstable Jimmy Johnson <field.engineer@gmail.com> - 2017-07-06 04:10 +0200
    Re: Relative stability of Testing vs Unstable John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2017-07-06 04:30 +0200
      Re: Relative stability of Testing vs Unstable Jimmy Johnson <field.engineer@gmail.com> - 2017-07-06 05:40 +0200
      Re: Relative stability of Testing vs Unstable <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2017-07-06 10:10 +0200
        Re: Relative stability of Testing vs Unstable Fungi4All <fungilife@protonmail.com> - 2017-07-06 10:40 +0200
        Re: Relative stability of Testing vs Unstable John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2017-07-06 14:00 +0200
          Re: Relative stability of Testing vs Unstable <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2017-07-06 14:30 +0200
  Re: Relative stability of Testing vs Unstable Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2017-07-06 06:00 +0200
    Re: Relative stability of Testing vs Unstable John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2017-07-06 13:50 +0200
  Re: Relative stability of Testing vs Unstable songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2017-07-06 13:50 +0200
    Re: Relative stability of Testing vs Unstable John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2017-07-06 14:10 +0200
      Re: Relative stability of Testing vs Unstable songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2017-07-06 23:00 +0200
        Re: Relative stability of Testing vs Unstable Fungi4All <fungilife@protonmail.com> - 2017-07-07 19:20 +0200

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