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Re:Ask HN: What do you want to see in Debian 10 (“buster”)? by simias on Sunday June 18, 2017 @03:25PM (#14582375)
I always run "testing" because every time I try to run "stable" on the desktop I always end up with an outdated package that limits me one way or an other. A missing driver, missing functionality etc...

On the other hand "unstable" is way too unstable when you need a reliable environment in my experience. Packages breaking randomly etc... Completely expected of course, but I can't take that bet on a work computer for instance.

So as far as I'm concerned on the desktop "debian testing" is the one true debian. I don't even try to install stable first anymore since I'm certain I'll end up moving to testing eventually, I directly ask the setup to use the testing repos.

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Re:Ask HN: What do you want to see in Debian 10 (“buster”)? by icebraining on Monday June 19, 2017 @08:35AM (#14586399)
On the other hand "unstable" is way too unstable when you need a reliable environment in my experience. Packages breaking randomly etc... Completely expected of course, but I can't take that bet on a work computer for instance.

That's not my experience at all. Which packages have you had breaking randomly?

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Re:Ask HN: What do you want to see in Debian 10 (“buster”)? by aij on Thursday June 22, 2017 @10:05AM (#14612286)
I've had upgrades break occasionally in unstable too. That's the nature of a rolling release though...

Of course what everyone wants is something with all the advantages of a rolling release but without the disadvantages. Ie, always have the latest version of everything, but without anything breaking in ways that affect me.

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