On Sunday 06 November 2005 21:27, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > If you want to help test the next release(s) of Debian, or want the > > newest packages (with the potential for some occasional aggravation) use > > "testing" or "unstable". If you want nice, boring consistency, and > > predictability, use "stable", and take a couple of steps back from the > > leading edge... :) > > But the removal of packages is a bit drastic even for testing (not for > unstable though).
Until the KDE3.4 transition started, unstable had occasional aggravation but was very usable. Now, it has become and for some time now and utter mess. I cannot dare do dist-upgrade and do upgrades manually, piecemeal.