On Fri, Sep 16, 2005 at 11:45:07PM +1000, Oliver Jones wrote:
Hi folks.
I'm just trying to find out what peoples feelings are with regard to the testing & unstable branches of Debian. I've added testing to my deb and deb-src lines in /etc/apt/sources.list. Mainly because I wanted a newer version of a package I use.
I'd like to know A) if this is advisable If you are using Debian as a desktop system or exploring the newest server-side technology, testing is advisable. When stable is really out of date, some developers will put new version packages on http://backports.org. You can see that xorg is already there.
B) if going all the way to unstable is advisable. No, it's not advisable unless you are using Debian as a software development platform or just want to live on the bleeding edge.
What are the security patch repercussions? Currently, Debian have security support for both stable and testing. http://security.debian.org/ http://secure-testing-master.debian.net/
-- Best Regards, Carlos