ayo apt rawhide repositories
Robert P. J. Day
rpjday at mindspring.com
Tue Sep 23 12:32:48 UTC 2003
On Tue, 23 Sep 2003, rg wrote:
> I am sure your point is well made, and maybe my phrasing was a bit
> misleading. Of course, the only way to really 'test' the new version is
> via the full install media-based method, but updating is the whole idea
> of Rawhide, isn't it?
i'd like someone to clarify this. IIRC, rawhide is *not* a repository
for recommended bug fixes or security patches, it's simply a place for
leading edge, at-your-own-risk software for which there are no
guarantees.
it's certainly not clear that *everything* in rawhide is guaranteed to
end up in the next official release, is it? it might, it might not.
so constantly updating against rawhide might leave you with a system
that is, in fact, *ahead* of the curve on some counts, no?
am i misunderstanding the whole concept of rawhide? staying on top
of current big fixes/security patches is clearly a good idea. constantly
updating against rawhide does *not* strike me as similarly recommended.
rday
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