Quoting Nate Duehr ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > It's not all that stable if you're keeping up with the upgrades and > changes constantly being released. Major stuff has been broken (and then > later fixed) recently by updated packages. > > If you get one up and running with *exactly* what you need and aren't > going to use the package systems to upgrade it anymore from that point > until it's more stable or until you have another machine you can check > stuff on, DON'T run mission-critical stuff on it. > > My opinion, but one I've seen here many times. Unstable means unstable. > Period. And honestly, my critical slink machines do a great job...
and the original question: > > > > Anyone using the Potato release on a machine that needs to be up. How > > stable is it at this point? Surely the point is that potato *isn't* a release (yet). So how stable (lay sense) it is depends on the moment you chose to download it, and the wisdom and luck with which you applied any upgrades. Cheers, -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +44 1908 653 739 Fax: +44 1908 655 151 Snail: David Wright, Earth Science Dept., Milton Keynes, England, MK7 6AA Disclaimer: These addresses are only for reaching me, and do not signify official stationery. Views expressed here are either my own or plagiarised.
