On Tuesday, 20 June 2017 12:37:24 AEST Raphael Hertzog wrote: > On Tue, 20 Jun 2017, Stuart Prescott wrote: > > This sets users up for some very spectacular problems. Mixed > > stable/testing > > systems are supported only in the sense that the upgrade should be > > possible. > I have been running my own machine that way for as long as I can remember. > There are no spectacular problems associated to this setup. If they truly > exist, they are so exceptional that it doesn't justify changing my > recommendation. They would likely be bugs that should be fixed. > > Cheers,
Ugh. Just because it works for you, someone who has the time and skills to investigate and fix things, doesn't mean it's a good idea for others. This bug was filed precisely because I got sick of the problems this leads to on a daily basis and debian-handbook was indicated as the source of the configuration. "WFM" is somewhat beyond annoying in that circumstance. You have, after all, a book that is marked as being for beginners onwards meaning that people who haven't got the first clue how to debug package problems are now exposed to them. (No, people without the necessary skills shouldn't run non-stable releases either, because we're setting them up for failure and an unhappy experience; that's a question for another day.) The Debian Handbook is supposed to help support and educate Debian users not create a support burden. This section is currently working against this aim. -- Stuart Prescott http://www.nanonanonano.net/ stu...@nanonanonano.net Debian Developer http://www.debian.org/ stu...@debian.org GPG fingerprint 90E2 D2C1 AD14 6A1B 7EBB 891D BBC1 7EBB 1396 F2F7
