[LAU] Debian sid Re: Audio distros

[david]

On 02/16/2013 08:14 PM, Andreas Kuckartz wrote:
> Simon Wise:
>> On 16/02/13 14:40, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
>>> On Sat, 16 Feb 2013 07:14:12 +0100, david <gnome at hawaii.rr.com> wrote:
>>>> No clue how they'll do. I prefer Debian Sid
>>
>>> Debian Sid might be ok, I just have no good feelings regarding to the
>>> state
>>> "unstable".
>>
>> in Debian unstable means changing (4 times a day I think), stable means
>> frozen ... i.e. you have the choice of a version with very current
>> packages (obviously also somewhat less tested) or one which is very much
>> more tested but based on a freeze that was 6 months ago when it is first
>> released, up to 30 months ago by the time it is replaced by next stable
>> version.
>
> There is also Debian testing somewhere in between. And there is Debian
> CUT ("Constantly Usable Testing), which essentially is a rolling release
> consisting of Debian testing snapshots:
> http://cut.debian.net/
>
> Unfortunately they have decided to pause that project until Debian
> Wheezy is released.
>
> I hope that a Debian sid based rolling release will be developed some
> time in the near future within the Debian project. Maybe Debian CUU
> (Constantly Usable Unstable) or CUS (Constantly Usable Sid).
>
> But you can already get something very similar by installing Debian
> stable, configuring sid repositories and upgrading frequently. But
> expect to spend some time repairing something in the system every few
> months - another reason to make backups.

I get a Debian Sid rolling release by starting with Aptosid and updated 
the individual apps I need. I also backup my system partition before 
doing upgrades. (Yah, I know, I'm weird. Who does backups these days!)

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