Incredible F8 updates : DEFEAT & CAVEAT

[Beartooth Sciurivore]

On Thu, 06 Dec 2007 16:24:14 -0600, Blake Hudson wrote:

> Beartooth wrote:

>> 	So pirut's sudden offer of development *repos* waves no red flag
>> -- and you later render your whole OS unusable, at least by anyone
>> *not* a developer.
[snip]
> I would suggest sticking with the updates and possibly updates-testing
> (if you need new releases) repos. I would only use the development repos
> if you require the latest of the latest on a few specific packages. Even
> then, I would not include them in yum; preferring instead to download
> packages manually on an individual basis.

	Good advice, certainly; but those of us who need it shouldn't 
have to get burned, and lose data, to discover we needed it.

-- 
Beartooth Staffwright, PhD, Neo-Redneck Linux Convert
Remember I know precious little of what I am talking about.