The testing entries will end up being favoured over the stable entries as the packages have newer version and you'll end up with basically a testing system with a bit of stable thrown in here and there. In other words a mess!
Yeah I guess so. I've added the pinning to my /etc/apt/preferences. How do I force apt-get/aptitude to use a testing repo for a particular package?
Pinning doesn't always work however, particularly in the case where you want to install a package that depends on a newer version of libc or some other crucial library. In these cases it is easier to do as has already been suggested and use a backport. Either one from a third party backport repository, or one that you've compiled yourself.
Well I doubt I'll be installing too much that requires advanced stuff. I'm pretty sure most of what I'm interested in will be in stable maybe require some stuff from testing. That's about it. Regards -- Oliver Jones > Roving Code Warrior > www.deeperdesign.com