[conspire] Fwd: wheezy is OUT. tonight. Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: BAD meeting for 2013-05 (and mini-installfests, and ...)

[Tony Godshall]

>> If you track stable, you are presumably averse to uncontrolled
>> breakage, and you might be well advised to point by name or by version
>> number....
>
> Arrgh.
>
> God.  Dammit.  _Again?_
>
> Do I have to rebut this bit of bad advice _every single time_ Debian has
> a release or even when people talk about Debian releases?
>
> I guess I need to finally get around to FAQing it, because I'm really
> sick of having to debunk this stupid bullshit idea.

All I meant was that if you are in the habit of apt-get update &&
apt-get upgrade and you point to stable, and you are not following the
news of releases closely you can find the earth suddenly shifting
beneath your feet. It's happened to me.  Sorry if if my reaction is
bad advise... please feel free to debunk it thoroughly or quote one of
the times you've done it before.

T