On Sun, Feb 04, 2007 at 09:24:11PM -0500, Michael Pobega wrote:
> I ended up getting it working, thanks. I can't believe I was so stupid
> to substitute "main" for "testing", I guess I wasn't paying attention.
> Thanks for your help all, I'll be sticking with testing permanently now :-D
Sorry to
On Sun, Feb 04, 2007 at 09:24:11PM -0500, Michael Pobega wrote:
> Jan C. Nordholz wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> >
> deb http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates testing contrib
> deb-src http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates testing contrib/
>
> >>>Your first line points to testing
On Sun, Feb 04, 2007 at 05:49:17PM -0500, Michael Pobega wrote:
> My question is just /how/ unstable is Debian Sid?
It is unstable when it is unstable :)
Currently under freeze, very stable indeed.
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On Sun, Feb 04, 2007 at 05:49:17PM -0500, Michael Pobega wrote:
> I'm currently using Debian Etch (Testing) on my notebook, and it is
> fairly stable in a good sense of the word (Those 100+ release critical
> bugs really aren't bugs that affect me, so my system is perfectly stable
> to my knowle
On Sun, Feb 04, 2007 at 08:59:33PM -0500, Michael Pobega wrote:
> Douglas Allan Tutty wrote:
> >On Sun, Feb 04, 2007 at 08:22:36PM -0500, Michael Pobega wrote:
> >
> >>Well after changing all of the lines in my sources.list from etch to
> >>testing, I'm getting an error.
> >>
>>
> >>/My sources
Jan C. Nordholz wrote:
Hi,
deb http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates testing contrib
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates testing contrib/
Your first line points to testing but the third line (security) still
points to etch.
Oh wow, I didn't notice that. Well
Hi,
> >>deb http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates testing contrib
> >>deb-src http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates testing contrib/
> >
> >Your first line points to testing but the third line (security) still
> >points to etch.
> >
> Oh wow, I didn't notice that. Well I removed the etch and
Douglas Allan Tutty wrote:
On Sun, Feb 04, 2007 at 08:22:36PM -0500, Michael Pobega wrote:
Well after changing all of the lines in my sources.list from etch to
testing, I'm getting an error.
/[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo apt-get update
Password:
Get:1 http://ftp.debian.org testing Release.gpg
On Sun, Feb 04, 2007 at 08:22:36PM -0500, Michael Pobega wrote:
> Well after changing all of the lines in my sources.list from etch to
> testing, I'm getting an error.
>
> /[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo apt-get update
> Password:
> Get:1 http://ftp.debian.org testing Release.gpg [378B]
> Get:2 http:/
On Sunday 04 February 2007 20:01, Michael Pobega wrote:
>
> The reason I ask, though, is because I've read in multiple places
> (Including these mailing lists) that when Etch goes stable your install
> will "break" if you have testing instead of etch. Is this true, or is it
> just speculation?
Af
It won't break. However, with Etch frozen, testing hasn't been getting
an infusion of stuff from Sid that is otherwise ready for testing. Once
Etch is stable, AIUI, testing (Lenny) will start to receive the backlog
from Sid. So there will be burst of activity, if you will, just after
Etch goe
On Sun, Feb 04, 2007 at 08:01:29PM -0500, Michael Pobega wrote:
> Kamaraju Kusumanchi wrote:
> >On Sunday 04 February 2007 18:34, Michael Pobega wrote:
> The reason I ask, though, is because I've read in multiple places
> (Including these mailing lists) that when Etch goes stable your install
Kamaraju Kusumanchi wrote:
On Sunday 04 February 2007 18:34, Michael Pobega wrote:
I would like to continue using testing without having to reinstall
Debian upon every release (As I've had to do with Ubuntu). Should I
change my //etc/apt/sources.list/ file to say /testing /instead of
/etch/,
On Sunday 04 February 2007 18:34, Michael Pobega wrote:
>
> I would like to continue using testing without having to reinstall
> Debian upon every release (As I've had to do with Ubuntu). Should I
> change my //etc/apt/sources.list/ file to say /testing /instead of
> /etch/, or should I change it
On Sun, 2007-02-04 at 18:02 -0500, Kamaraju Kusumanchi wrote:
> On Sunday 04 February 2007 17:49, Michael Pobega wrote:
> > My question is just /how/ unstable is Debian Sid? Is it unstable enough
> > to make my laptop useless? Or do I have to worry about my files? Or is
> > it unstable in the sense
On Sun February 4 2007 14:49, Michael Pobega wrote:
> I'm currently using Debian Etch (Testing) on my notebook, and it is
> fairly stable in a good sense of the word (Those 100+ release critical
> bugs really aren't bugs that affect me, so my system is perfectly stable
> to my knowledge).
Unstable
Kamaraju Kusumanchi wrote:
On Sunday 04 February 2007 17:49, Michael Pobega wrote:
[...]
[...] You might also benefit from
http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/kk288/debian_choosing_distribution.html
hth
raju
Thanks for the link Raju, it really helped me make up my mind. I've
dec
On Sunday 04 February 2007 17:49, Michael Pobega wrote:
> My question is just /how/ unstable is Debian Sid? Is it unstable enough
> to make my laptop useless? Or do I have to worry about my files? Or is
> it unstable in the sense of Ubuntu, where everything could be fixed with
> just a little bit o
I'm currently using Debian Etch (Testing) on my notebook, and it is
fairly stable in a good sense of the word (Those 100+ release critical
bugs really aren't bugs that affect me, so my system is perfectly stable
to my knowledge).
The only problem I'm seeing with Etch is that the packages are s
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