Les Mikesell wrote:
On Mon, 2005-11-28 at 18:31, Mike McCarty wrote:Why is it safer to update 10 packages once a month than 0.33 packages every day?Because packages sometimes get retracted. I like to let them soak for a while before installation. And I don't install 10 a month. Usually, only two or three get updated. Also, when I update, I *look* at what is being updated, and I don't always accept everything there.Can you give some examples of where you have known better by "looking" at the updates than the developers who wrote them about whether you are safer without them?
Oh, BTW, it has little to do with knowing better than anyone.
It has to do with churn. I always make a backup before doing
an update. If things don't work out, then I can revert.
Mike
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