Re: Safety of Upgrading Unstable

2003-02-20 Thread Colin Watson
On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 03:41:52AM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Wed, Feb 19, 2003 at 06:36:09PM +0800, Isaac To wrote: > > Just be reminded that an apt upgrade is about to start, and aptitude is > > currently uninstallable in sid. > > Hmm, I should get more sleep then, cause I swear I just inst

Re: Safety of Upgrading Unstable

2003-02-20 Thread Paul Johnson
On Wed, Feb 19, 2003 at 10:11:36AM -0500, Hall Stevenson wrote: > Thing is, someone could have updated their glibc package yesterday with no > problem. After that, the developer updated it, broke something, and then > you turn around and grab that broken package and then run into major > problem

Re: Safety of Upgrading Unstable

2003-02-20 Thread Paul Johnson
On Wed, Feb 19, 2003 at 08:33:02PM -0500, Joey Hess wrote: > The new apt-listbugs package (in experimental) is also handy; it will > query the BTS for RC bugs in the packages apt is about to > install/upgrade and warn you about them. Oooh, when can we look forward to seeing this in sid? -- .''`

Re: Safety of Upgrading Unstable

2003-02-20 Thread Paul Johnson
On Wed, Feb 19, 2003 at 06:36:09PM +0800, Isaac To wrote: > Just be reminded that an apt upgrade is about to start, and aptitude is > currently uninstallable in sid. Hmm, I should get more sleep then, cause I swear I just installed it last weekend to see if it's any different from when I used it b

Re: Safety of Upgrading Unstable

2003-02-19 Thread Joey Hess
Brian Nelson wrote: > David Z Maze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >> I've been following debian-devel and debian-user looking for > >> problems people have had with upgrading unstable and haven't seen that > >> many (a few regarding kde / libfam issues). > > > > This is probably the best way to f

Re: Safety of Upgrading Unstable

2003-02-19 Thread Brian Nelson
Hall Stevenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > At 10:56 PM 2/18/2003 -0500, Mark wrote: >> I installed unstable about a month ago and have had nothing but good >> times. I've been following debian-devel and debian-user looking for >> problems people have had with upgrading unstable and haven't seen

Re: Safety of Upgrading Unstable

2003-02-19 Thread Brian Nelson
David Z Maze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> I've been following debian-devel and debian-user looking for >> problems people have had with upgrading unstable and haven't seen that >> many (a few regarding kde / libfam issues). > > This is probably the best way to find out if something is broken in

Re: Safety of Upgrading Unstable

2003-02-19 Thread David Z Maze
Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I installed unstable about a month ago and have had nothing but good > times. ... But, I'm curious to know how safe/dangerous it is to just > say 'apt-get upgrade' presently. Presently? Both of my unstable machines work fine (though there is that observation tha

Re: Safety of Upgrading Unstable

2003-02-19 Thread Hall Stevenson
At 10:56 PM 2/18/2003 -0500, Mark wrote: I installed unstable about a month ago and have had nothing but good times. I've been following debian-devel and debian-user looking for problems people have had with upgrading unstable and haven't seen that many (a few regarding kde / libfam issues).

Re: Safety of Upgrading Unstable

2003-02-19 Thread Isaac To
> "nate" == nate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: nate> sounds like your new to debian.. if this is a new installation I nate> would reccomend upgrading now. The more experience you have nate> dealing with a broken system the better. And if you break your nate> current system in it

Re: Safety of Upgrading Unstable

2003-02-18 Thread nate
Mark said: > of debian, but this is going to be my first upgrade and don't know how > much I should blindly trust these things. Should I upgrade now or wait > for the transition to gcc3.2 to end? sounds like your new to debian.. if this is a new installation I would reccomend upgrading now. Th

Safety of Upgrading Unstable

2003-02-18 Thread Mark
I installed unstable about a month ago and have had nothing but good times. I've been following debian-devel and debian-user looking for problems people have had with upgrading unstable and haven't seen that many (a few regarding kde / libfam issues). But, I'm curious to know how safe/dangero