Trackin' stable vs. releases

[Alan DuBoff]

On Thursday 09 May 2002 11:29 pm, Rick Moen wrote:
> Actually, the best method of implementing your expressed preference is
> the one Nick outlined.

Why, so my apt-get update takes a friggin' year and a half to complete?<gd&r>

> Actually, you'd be on the same branch:  testing or unstable.  ;->

Yes. But let's say I was tracking unstable (which I was;-) and at the point 
that woody was frozen, there would be a situation that danger could arise 
going from unstable to stable after the mainline branches off. At that point 
I would reinstall a system most likely, or stay on unstable.

It's not as if my systems have been unreliable running unstable.

> Which is odd:  Do you like what you see in the testing branch, or not?

Yeah, like I say...it's almost identical to unstable. Oddly, it has a newer 
file and according to the FAQ that shouldn't be the case.

> If you don't, why are you there?

Because I wanted to get to stable from unstable.

Is that not a good way to do that?

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