on Sat, Nov 17, 2001 at 07:05:50AM -0800, David Roundy ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Sat, Nov 17, 2001 at 06:24:56AM +0000, ben wrote: > > how does one go about upgrading to woody or sid and what are the pros and > > cons of either? > > You just need to change 'stable' or 'potato' to either woody or sid in > /etc/apt/sources.list, and then run `apt-get update` and then `apt-get > dist-upgrade` (the latter you may need to run more than once). > > Sid is more up-to-date, but changes quite often, sometimes for the worse. > Woody is a bit older in some of its programs, but doesn't change so often, > and is perhaps more seldom broken.
That's the theory. The practice is a bit different. Problems in Sid (the Gtk font-encoding issue being the most recent notable exception) tend to be resolved quickly, particularly if they're based on small problems with code or configuration. Problems with Woody tend to persist for a while, and sometimes leave the distro in an inconsistent state. The problem is that the policy of "ten days, less bugs" (packages aren't promoted to Woody until they've been in Sid for ten days and have no serious bugs), means that a buggy package will be pulled (while those depending on it aren't), and that its replacement doesn't appear for ten days. I've run both Sid and Woody systems, and find that the latter is actually slightly more problematic. OTOH, we haven't had a "wipe your data" class of error for quite some time, and your chances of exposure to this on Sid are far higher than Woody. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? Home of the brave http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ Land of the free Free Dmitry! Boycott Adobe! Repeal the DMCA! http://www.freesklyarov.org Geek for Hire http://kmself.home.netcom.com/resume.html
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