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"stable" Sid?

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lolanoob
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"stable" Sid?

#1 Post by lolanoob »

Hi, has anyone else noticed Sid is _*MUCH*_ more stable this time around, when Lenny is testing then, say, Etch, Srage, or Woddy was in testing? Or am I just crasy?

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#2 Post by Telemachus »

Lenny is frozen now. As I recall from Etch, when Testing become frozen, Sid becomes very very very stable itself. There was a discussion about this recently, if you want to search around for it.
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Re: "stable" Sid?

#3 Post by AdrianTM »

lolanoob wrote:Hi, has anyone else noticed Sid is _*MUCH*_ more stable this time around, when Lenny is testing then, say, Etch, Srage, or Woddy was in testing? Or am I just crasy?
Yes, I think Debian guys put their act together. The worst period for Sid was about when Ubuntu first appeared from what I remember, I don't know if there's any causational link...
Ubuntu hate is a mental derangement.

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#4 Post by daengbo »

Agreed. There's almost no difference between Sid and Lenny right now. Once Lenny is released, I expect there to be a flood into Sid.

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#5 Post by Hellmark »

I know with previous freezes, things in Sid seemed to have been relatively unchanged, where as this go round, there's pretty much been zero new packages the last few months. I know of a handful of apps that have had multiple major releases, while nothing has changed in Sid.

I dunno about you guys, but it kinda makes me nervous.

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#6 Post by Burnside »

Hellmark wrote:I dunno about you guys, but it kinda makes me nervous.
Are you kidding? This is going to be fun. :twisted:

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#7 Post by anarchyinc666 »

Sidux is trying to make Sid as stable as possible as well.

http://sidux.com/

I started using their repos last night, so far they look pretty good.
-----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK-----
Version: 3.12
GIT d- s: a- C++++ UL++++ P+ L+++ E-- W+++ N- o-- K- w++
O- M-- V-- PS+++ PE+++ Y PGP+++ t-- 5-- X+++ R* tv+++ b DI++++ D
G e+ h---- r+++ y++++
------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------

Debian-SID Xfce

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#8 Post by Hellmark »

Oh, once things start moving again, yes will be fun. The lack of movement is nerve racking for me. Just for me, I am using buggy apps, who have had versions released months ago that fix the problems, but they're still not available in the pools.

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