Using testing is dangerous?

The_ouroboros · 2007-09-14 19:25:50

As of subject

Tnks

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shining · 2007-09-14 19:57:25

Dangerous as in?
It shouldn't make your computers explode in your face and kill you if that's what you meant

But it should be less stable than current, otherwise it would be pointless. If you don't mind having a few packages break from time to time and reporting bugs when it happens, you should be fine.
Though I don't remember having any real issues with it recently.

The_ouroboros · 2007-09-14 19:59:36

shining wrote:

Dangerous as in?
It shouldn't make your computers explode in your face and kill you if that's what you meant
But it should be less stable than current, otherwise it would be pointless. If you don't mind having a few packages break from time to time and reporting bugs when it happens, you should be fine.
Though I don't remember having any real issues with it recently.

so..the package are built with debug simbol???

Tnks

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chaosgeisterchen · 2007-09-14 19:59:54

I am using it for quite some a while now and have not yet encountered any serious problems which could not have been reverted by actions like downgrading the package causing the problem.

Bugfixing happens quite fast here at Arch, thanks to the devs and maintainers.

The_ouroboros · 2007-09-14 20:14:31

so I can use it on my desktop without much worries?

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mucknert · 2007-09-14 20:20:57

I'd stay with current. It's ... well, current enough. There is not much gain from using the testing repository. If you want to use your computer as a desktop: use current. If you want to improve Arch by writing bug reports and testing new packages before they go live: use testing.

That being said: testing is not intended for mainstream use at all! You WILL have problems at times, especially when big transitions (X.org, Gnome, KDE and stuff like that) are about to happen.

I can't stress this enough: DON'T USE TESTING if you are not willing to develop or help developing Arch Linux!

EDIT: No offense intended but I can judge from your question that you are not one of the advanced users that could use testing without being pissed off. Try to get an understanding on how Arch works first. Then you can go on and try to live with testing. And only then.

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The_ouroboros · 2007-09-14 20:23:17

I think I'd like to help bug reporting so... I'll use testing...
Tnks 4 the info btw

The_ouroboros · 2007-09-14 20:25:40

mucknert wrote:

EDIT: No offense intended but I can judge from your question that you are not one of the advanced users that could use testing without being pissed off. Try to get an understanding on how Arch works first. Then you can go on and try to live with testing. And only then.

none taken!
Btw, I've been uysing GNU/Linux since '99 and Arch for 5 mounth... I think I know enough... and it takes a lot to get me pissed off

mucknert · 2007-09-14 20:26:00

Suit yourself. But don't come back crying. Good luck!

The_ouroboros · 2007-09-14 20:30:22

mucknert wrote:

Suit yourself. But don't come back crying. Good luck!

tnks...
Hope I don't have to

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