Another approach, and the suggested one is to check www.apt-get.org for a backport of the sid packages you require. You might also attempt to backport a package yourself, though kde is quite non-trivial.
asg On Sat, Jul 12, 2003 at 10:50:26PM -0500, Brian McGroarty wrote: > On Sun, Jul 06, 2003 at 09:07:42PM -0400, Neal Lippman wrote: > > I'm wondering, from those running sid, just how "unstable" is it at the > > present time? > > > > The reason I am asking is that I would like to move on to KDE 3 and am > > feeling behind the times, still using KDE 2.1 in woody. I've been > > reluctant to track sid since I do need my workstation to be up and > > working pretty well, so I'd be interested in hearing from some who are > > using unstable regularly. > > A late reply -- > > sid is pretty stable for most people. It helps a lot if you install > apt-listbugs however. Here's a quickie I wrote up on that and what it > does... note the bits in red: > http://www.livejournal.com/community/debian/102656.html > > Also, if you go to exit dselect and it points out some packages with > updated versions having unsatisfied dependencies, I find it's best to > hold those to avoid marginal configurations. > > With a little care, sid hasn't left me with a non-working system in > some years. A few times, I've been bitten by having to manually update > some configuration information, but that's always been detailed in the > change list. Adding apt-listchanges will help there, as well. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
