18 Feb
2013
18 Feb
'13
4:11 a.m.
On 02/16/2013 08:14 PM, Andreas Kuckartz wrote:
Simon Wise:
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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On 16/02/13 14:40, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
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. On Sat, 16 Feb 2013 07:14:12 +0100, david
<gnome(a)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.