On 06/14/2011 11:37 AM, Noah Duffy wrote: > I've been running Debian Squeeze for a little while now. I was using > Ubuntu before, so I'm really used to being able to keep certain > software up-to-date using their PPA system. I'm loving Debian (even > though I've had to make a few tweaks for it to work with my new > system), but there are a few packages I wish were newer. Banshee is > one of them. There have been a load of changes since the 1.6.1 > version that is in Squeeze. I can compile the new version myself, but > have been unable to get webkit support enabled when compiling, so it > is nicer to use a build from the repositories. > > I've done plenty of reading on how to enable the backports and also > install software from testing/unstable. However, I wanted to get the > opinion of others before I change my system for good! > > Is it recommended to install packages from testing? I know this often > also updates dependencies that other software may use causing the > system to potentially not be as secure or stable. Should I just wait > for newer versions to maybe hit the backports repository? Or should I > just take the longer route and compile newer versions myself (which > sometimes doesn't always work well)? > > Also, if I do add the testing repositories and setup apt pinning > and/or priority, what happens in another year or so when I try to > upgrade my system to the next stable release? is everything going to > work because of the pinning and priority I originally setup? > > I'm sorry for so many question in one mailing! And I hope I'm not > rambling too much! My ultimate goal is to run Debian Stable but have > a few packages and maybe the kernel (many bug fixes for my system are > in the newer kernels) from backports/testing. > > Let me know what you think! > > Thanks, > Noah Duffy > > If it is really important to you to have more up-to-date packages, you could upgrade to Debian Testing. It depends on what you're using the computer for really.
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