[plug] Sid

[Trevor Phillips]

Anthony Jones wrote:

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> Adrian,
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> I take a different approach. I use Woody and if there's something from Sid 
> that I want I download it separately from the Debian site. I keep up with all 
> the Woody updates which seems to be about 50-100 mb per week or so. This 
> seems to work for me. I'm relatively conservative though because I really 
> hate it when my computer isn't working. I get a few broken installs even on 
> Woody.

Similar here. I use Woody system(s), with some bits from Sid as I need 
them. Except I use apt preferences, so I can still use apt to install 
the Sid bits, when I specify them, without needing to manually download 
stuff from the web site.

FYI, my /etc/apt/preferences contains:

Package: *
Pin: release a=testing
Pin-Priority: 500

Package: *
Pin: release a=unstable
Pin-Priority: 99

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