Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1761052AbXFTBep (ORCPT ); Tue, 19 Jun 2007 21:34:45 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1757604AbXFTBei (ORCPT ); Tue, 19 Jun 2007 21:34:38 -0400 Received: from smtpout.mac.com ([17.250.248.172]:62835 "EHLO smtpout.mac.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757578AbXFTBeh (ORCPT ); Tue, 19 Jun 2007 21:34:37 -0400 In-Reply-To: <467868CF.30606@mnsu.edu> References: <20070618212524.GC16393@cip.informatik.uni-erlangen.de> <20070619061300.GK16393@cip.informatik.uni-erlangen.de> <467868CF.30606@mnsu.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: Cc: Christoph Lameter , Thomas Glanzmann , LKML Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Kyle Moffett Subject: Re: GIT Packages for Debian Etch Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 21:33:48 -0400 To: Jeffrey Hundstad X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAA== X-Brightmail-scanned: yes Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1661 Lines: 35 On Jun 19, 2007, at 19:37:51, Jeffrey Hundstad wrote: > I'm just not going to let this go. Stable is synonymous with, well > ummm, "stable." That means that I don't have 3000 changes a month, > it's secure and the unexpected doesn't happen. It means I can > write a lecture explaining how git works. ...do updates... then > expect my lecture to still work the next day. It means writing > local shell scripts and expecting them to work until the NEXT > stable release without changes. It means knowing what things WILL > break if and when I do go to the next version. > > Stable is a CHOICE not a punishment. With that said; Debian makes it easy to selectively install testing or unstable packages by adding "testing" or "unstable" to your sources.list and putting this in /etc/apt/apt.conf: APT::Default-Release "stable"; Then all apt-based programs will prefer stable packages everywhere possible. If you explicitly run "apt-get install somepackage/ testing", then it will install the testing version of that package and continue to auto-upgrade it as testing receives updates. Alternatively, you can "man apt_preferences" and tweak your "/etc/apt/ preferences" file to your heart's content. This includes things like "Forcibly downgrade packages to the 'local' version if found in my local deb repo", "Prefer stable over testing and unstable", etc. Cheers, Kyle Moffett - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/