[clue-tech] Re: Hello sidux?

[Nate Duehr]

Collins Richey wrote:

> 6. Because of the more stringent dependency requirements of sid
> packages, updating via gui package managers and aptitude are not
> permitted. The only permitted methods are apt-get update followed by
> apt-get dist-upgrade. Users are warned not to try gui updates and/or
> apt-get update (!!!), since experience has shown that these methods
> may lead to a broken system in sid.

This says "permitted methods are apt-get update followed by apt-get 
dist-upgrade."

Then it says "Users are warned not to try... apt-get update".

Needs a re-write -- I think he meant to say "apt-get upgrade".

Sounds an awful lot like just running Sid itself.  Not sure what the 
benefits here are.

I hope their developers are sending whatever bug reports they find 
upstream.  Why not just apply to be Debian Developers and work on Sid 
directly?  Or get someone to sponsor their fixed packages?

I don't get it...

If you want to run unstable Debian, just run unstable Debian... (which 
just happens to be Sid right now...)

Once Sid is moved to stable, will this project be changing their name to 
the next Debian "code-word-ux"?  (I forget what's slated to be used 
after Sid.)

Weird.  A spin-off/fork of Unstable.  Never thought I'd see that.

Ubuntu is basically stable with some unstable packages mixed in.  Sidux 
is what... unstable with a bunch of hacks so it'll run, but no better 
than Sid runs, same types of upgrade/update bugs, but no one reporting 
them back to the DD's, and you have to lose Gnome and other things that 
work in Sid from time to time?

Why?  Because they can, I guess.

Nate