On Mon 22 Jun 2009 14:12 +0100, Scot Becker wrote: > > Very true. You should keep up with development if you're going to be > > running [testing] and be prepared to struggle through any issues. > > Problems shouldn't come as a total surprise anyways. > > Sure. But 'struggling though any issues" doesn't mean he has to do it > without our help, no? I'm new here, but I'm not sure I agree with > Gridorios sentiments exactly. David should indeed "expect issues" > (and issues exactly of this kind, and worse) if he goes to [testing], > but he's still invited to solicit help, and those who think he's > beyond his depth, or who can make better use of their time > contributing elsewhere, needn't bother themselves to respond. Sure, but you shouldn't complain about what happens to you if you jump into a river full of pirahnas, without first educating yourself about them (and how to protect yourself). > Is there a way for him to try the new 'dmraid' without going the whole > way and migrating to [testing]. This would also be useful for him > (and me) to know. Pretty simple. Enable testing, install dmraid, disable testing. Then your testing is limited to those packages only. Don't --sync --sysupgrade on testing.
