Bug#567560: new versions on experimental?

Jonathan Nieder jrnieder at gmail.com
Thu Nov 25 00:48:37 UTC 2010


Hi Harald,

Harald Dunkel wrote:

> What I meant was that the "unstable" version is a little bit too
> "experimental" for me. Recovery from a broken grub2 upgrade can be
> _pretty_ difficult. This means there is a high risk for doing
> grub2 upgrades, even if the code itself is very stable.
> 
> IMHO the high risk should be reduced by better testing in the
> "experimental" branch, before a new version is promoted to
> "unstable".

How do you feel about this today?  Probably for your needs pinning
grub to "testing" might be a little better, but regardless, I've found
the level of scary much lower lately.





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