Re: Unstable ==> Testing ==> Stable

From	Sven Hartge <sven@svenhartge.de>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: Unstable ==> Testing ==> Stable
Date	2020-04-13 19:10 +0200
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John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> wrote:
> Sven writes:

>> It is of note that "experimental" in itself is not a complete set of
>> packages like "unstable" is, it is intended as an addon to "unstable"
>> and has to be used in conjunction with it.

> It is also of note that Unstable is unstable in that it is constantly
> changing, not that it is full of buggy packages.  One of the ways in
> which it can be unstable is that new versions of packages can be
> uploaded to it with out regard to the presence or absence of
> dependencies. 

The latter part is mitigated a bit when source-only uploads are used, as
those greatly reduce the impact of an unclean build-environment on the
DDs side.

But during library transitions "unstable" gets hit with this with the
full force, doing "apt dist-upgrade" blindly will see you remove the
major parts of your system quite easily.

You have to use your brain a bit when using "unstable".

Grüße,
Sven.

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Unstable ==> Testing ==> Stable rhkramer@gmail.com - 2020-04-13 15:40 +0200
  Re: Unstable ==> Testing ==> Stable Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2020-04-13 17:00 +0200
  Re: Unstable ==> Testing ==> Stable steef <debian.linux@home.nl> - 2020-04-13 17:20 +0200
  Re: Unstable ==> Testing ==> Stable Kushal Kumaran <kushal@locationd.net> - 2020-04-13 17:20 +0200
    Re: Unstable ==> Testing ==> Stable Sven Hartge <sven@svenhartge.de> - 2020-04-13 17:30 +0200
      Re: Unstable ==> Testing ==> Stable John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2020-04-13 18:50 +0200
        Re: Unstable ==> Testing ==> Stable Sven Hartge <sven@svenhartge.de> - 2020-04-13 19:10 +0200

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