[SGVLUG] RPM hell -- why not just change to debian?

[Dustin]

On Tue, 22 Nov 2005, Robert wrote:

> Well, I believe debian is a bit unique in that you can keep your current
> version up-to-date:
> 
> (as sudo or root)
> 
> #aptitude update
> (...stuff happens...)
> 
> #aptitude upgrade
> (...stuff happens...)

Ah, but this is only comparable if you're running Testing or Unstable.  If 
you're running Stable, those upgrades are bug-fixes only, and version 
bumps are only done as a last resort.  So you still have the big upgrade 
when a new stable is released.  Following sid would be more to the point, 
since there is never a big upgrade of Sid--it just rolls along package by 
package.

It's not unique, though, because Gentoo does rolling upgrades rather
better than Debian does.

Dustin