On Sat, 23 Oct 2004, Szabó András wrote: > Hi! > > Testing sometimes had problems in the last some years, not so much, > but more than zero is a problem :) Anyway, it is called testing :) > > I have some machines running stable debian & some testing packages, > and i have no problems at all. So you can try it. > Search google with "apt pinning" ant you will see how. > > András >
The eternal question that keeps poping up ;-) Close to a version freeze (as we are now) its quite stable. The farther away you go from a freeze the less stable it is. Usually unstable is more stable since fixes go in, in a matter of a day or so, sometimes hours if they cause problems (inability to install an such). Problems in testing, once they go in, can take weeks to fix sometimes. (Like I said though, now is not tipical since a freeze is in progress) > > > On Fri, 22 Oct 2004 14:05:09 -0700, Gilbert, Joseph > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > So, I'm sure this has been discussed before but I would like to get some > > up-to-date input on this. > > > > I have been administering a Debian network for about a year and a half now. > > >From my experience, stable does not have a quick path to getting version > > updates incorporated into it. This makes for a hassle if you want to run, > > for instance, an up to date sendmail server. I have seen this sort of > > problem on a number of my servers. My solution (probably the wrong one) has > > been to update whatever I needed to from testing and slag through whatever > > conflicts resulted from the mixed system. > > > > It seems that if I want to have things run smoothly when I am upgrading or > > installing new packages, it is best to either use one or the other. So, my > > question basically is testing generally good enough for most standard server > > implementations? What sort of uptimes can be expected? I know this is a > > general question since it will depend a lot on what I am doing with these > > servers and how heavily they are hit, etc. > > > > Joe > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > This Mail Was Scanned By Mail-seCure System > at the Tel-Aviv University CC. > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
