Re: KDevelop 3.0 released - was Ada popularity

[Preben Randhol <randhol+valid_for_reply_from_news@pvv.org>]

On 2004-02-12, Georg Bauhaus <sb463ba@l1-hrz.uni-duisburg.de> wrote:
> Preben Randhol <randhol+valid_for_reply_from_news@pvv.org> wrote:
>: 
>: No no no no no no! Do NOT mix self-compiled gcc with the Debian package
>: system. Rather install from unstable.
>
> I disagree, strongly. I didn't say mix. What is wrong with
>
> 1) carfully translating a program yourself
> 2) Install in /opt or some such

It depends which program it is. If it is gcc, then why not rather
install the version you need from unstable? If it is mplayer or some
other program without a debian package it is not a problem to compile it
yourself of course. I was talking about gcc.

> Installing from "unstable" results in what the word says, in an
> unstable system.

It is not as simple as that. I use unstable and I don't have a problem
with my system (note I'm not running a server...) However I do use
apt-listbugs (it lists critical bugs before each apt installation) to
avoid installing broken programs.

But one thing that is really important to understand is that
installing from "testing"[*] can break your system.

Preben

[*] Unless you do it close to a new stable release. My system broke 6-8
months ago after upgrading to testing. Upgrading further to unstable
solved the problem.

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