Balazs Javor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have a pure sid system running on my notebook. Could somebody > please tell me whether I can still run apt-get update etc. during > this phase without completely messing up my system? > > Or should I wait with any update until the transition is over? If > yes, when is this likely to happen and how would I know if it's > 'safe' again?
I haven't had any issues on either of my sid systems. (I also don't run KDE, which might have more issues.) The canonical advice is to expect sid systems to break randomly on update, and if this is too unstable for you, run testing or stable. (But if you're trying to be on the not-quite-so-bleeding edge, testing might be getting "too old" for your tastes; YMMV.) If you're trying to actively use an unstable system, you almost definitely want to read debian-devel-announce. Reading debian-devel is also a good idea, but it's noisy (same order-of-magnitude volume as debian-user). And expect it to break; if you find a problem, fix it and file a bug report with a patch. As far as the C++ transition goes, I've found it noticably less painful than the occasional library lossage that happens in unstable. -- David Maze [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://people.debian.org/~dmaze/ "Theoretical politics is interesting. Politicking should be illegal." -- Abra Mitchell -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
