On Thu, May 05, 2005 at 01:01:44PM -0700, Rick Moen wrote:
> > Therefore changing the sources.list to the actual proper name of the
> > dist is the way to ensure that you stick with that one.
>> My take: Having sources.list point to...
>> o "stable" means you want to stay very, very far from the bleeding edge.
> o "testing" means you want to stay two steps back from the cliff.
> o "unstable" means you want to teeter on the edge of that cliff.
> o "experimental" means you want to blithely step off, and flap your arms.
Just to be a pedant, you wouldnt want to have just experimental in your
sources.list, it's not a complete repository.
bash-2.05b$ grep -c "Package:"
/var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.uk.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_main_binary-i386_Packages
16153
bash-2.05b$ grep -c "Package:"
/var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.us.debian.org_debian_dists_.._project_experimental_main_binary-i386_Packages
718
If you know what you're at, it's useful to have an experimental source,
newer is better, right?
--
Pete
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