How stable is Debian Unstable?

[Marc Lijour]

Agreed, I am also looking art Mint Debian. I am still running Mint 12. I
got so used to rolling updates and releases with Mandriva. Who has the time
to reinstall everything twice a year? I also want to give Mageia a try
sooner rather than later.
On 2012-10-23 7:42 PM, "Daniel Wayne Armstrong" <daniel-HRJVlgn2G/y5aS82P/H3Zg at public.gmane.org>
wrote:

> On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 11:44 AM, Lennart Sorensen
> <lsorense-1wCw9BSqJbv44Nm34jS7GywD8/FfD2ys at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > I use unstable on my work desktop, my home desktop and laptop and my
> > mythtv box.
> >
> > I upgrade haphazardly (sometimes multiple times in a day, sometimes 2
> > or 3 weeks apart).
> >
> > The only times I ever had trouble is if I try to upgrade in the middle of
> > a major transition (perl 5.12 to 5.14 for example) when not everything
> > needed is in the archive yet.  In those cases, I see the long list of
> > tings to be removed and think "That looks wrong" and don't upgrade and
> > wait a day or two and try again.
> >
> > I always use apt-get dist-upgrade.  I know aptitude is supposed to be
> > better, but its conflict resolution tends to drive me bonkers with its
> > long questions.  I consider synaptic useless.
>
> Thanks for the responses. I like the idea behind a "rolling release"
> of incremental, continuous change vs the "punctuated equilibrium"
> model mentioned elsewhere and Debian unstable sounds like rolling
> release done right.
>
> I also will take another look at Linux Mint Debian Edition ... it
> sounds more suitable for a few people I help with their Linux
> installs. Thanks for mentioning it.
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