Wei Chen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > CaT wrote: > > On Mon, Apr 02, 2007 at 02:10:08PM +0800, Wei Chen wrote: > >> You know that Etch is about to release. This means that new > >> features and software will not get into it any more. > >> > >> So what is a better choice now, to stick to Etch or to switch to > >> the next testing? I am not sure which is more important for > >> desktop users, stability or new features. > > > > Use etch until such time that etch no longer does what you need it > > to. Then, if you feel it's worth it, switch to lenny (the next > > testing I believe). It may be that backports or something similar > > would do you. > > Thanks. That is what I plan to do now. > > > > >> I think there might be some people with similar problem/experience > >> with me. What is your plan/suggestion? Thank you. > > > > I plan on doing the above. That said I'm still on sarge and don't > > really lack for anything except for the odd thing like mplayer etc > > which I grab from sources outside of debian anyway (like > > www.debian-multimedia.org). > > > > Except that I probably won't grab and install source (who knows). :)
I think CaT was talking about sources=_repositories_ outside Debian. Of course the source code is also available, but the precompiled packages are all most of us need. Regards, Andrei -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. (Albert Einstein)
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