On Mon, Nov 10, 2003 at 09:41:53AM -0500, Michael Poole wrote: > > In what way is updating between releases worse than updating within the > > same release? > > It is worse because a lot more code changes. I am sure that you have > enough packaging (and Debian user) experience to recognize that. I am > willing to assume that enough testing of Debian's package revision 2 > (relative to revision 1) went on that my machine won't die. I am not > willing to make the same assumption regarding Linux 2.4.23 relative to > Linux 2.4.22, whether they are from a Debian package or from upstream.
Yep. That makes sense. See my previous mail to Colin for my explanation on how my package can deal with backups. -- Robert Millan "[..] but the delight and pride of Aule is in the deed of making, and in the thing made, and neither in possession nor in his own mastery; wherefore he gives and hoards not, and is free from care, passing ever on to some new work." -- J.R.R.T, Ainulindale (Silmarillion)
