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100202 Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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> The list of benefits from using latest unstable portage is very long. |
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> Portage is self-contained, unmasking it doesn't contaminate the system |
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> with legions of other unstable $STUFF |
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So why has it continued to be marked 'unstable' for so long ? |
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My long-standing policy ( > 6 yr ) has been to stick to 'stable' |
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for all system pkgs, but use 'unstable' for well-supported apps (eg KDE): |
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I haven't run into a serious problem in all that time. |
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