[plug] Embarassing debian question

[Craig Ringer]

> I spend a reasonable ammount
> of time keeping the box in sync with sid.   This is becomming an annoyance

Hmm. Stop updating it? Woody is now stable and you don't need to update 
it all the time (ok except for the last weeks' _flood_ of security 
fixes). Sid sure isn't - but if something isn't broken, leaving it alone 
might be the wise choice.

> Does anyone have any advice that will ease the transition?

As Leon Blackwell wrote, use apt preferences and pinning. Consider 
downgrading packages slowly over time, as and if you have problems with 
them. You may find you have no issues with it at sid - I know I ran my 
desktop on sid for a while before learning to use apt prefs etc to keep 
moz and deps at sid and the rest at woody. Most of the probs I had were 
with package upgrades and installations - usually once things were 
running they ran well.

If you do decide to go back to woody but find some pkgs that just won't 
downgrade, try pinning them and their dependencies to sid - I'll attach 
my apt preferences as an example.

Oh, and
	- Change the root password
	- have the "upgrader" screamed at / fired / flayed / shot
		(take your pick)

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Craig Ringer
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