stable or unstable/testing, what is your default keyword?

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What is your default keyword in /etc/make.conf? ~arch oder arch, unstable or stable? Are you content with your choice? If not please don't vote.

I would like to know, if there is a reasonable amount of people on unstable in relation to stable and if it works more or less for them. I am planning to switch to unstable.

BTW, what is the best way to switch? Setting ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~arch" (~x86 in my case) and do a emerge -uD world?

Stormy Eyes · Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2004 7:27 pm Post subject:

I live dangerously and use ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86" in /etc/make.conf -- and I have no reason to do otherwise.

ralph · Advocate Joined: 02 Mar 2003 Posts: 2001 Location: Hamburg

I have a lot of unstable packages, but a stable system. Works like a charm, is stable and I can still use all the bleeding edge stuff I want to use.

As to your question, I think emerge -uD world should be sufficient.
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Imek · Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2004 7:32 pm Post subject:

Decided to go ~x86 a week or so ago, just for the hell of it. I very rarely have any problems with masked apps.
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codergeek42 · Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2004 9:07 pm Post subject:

~x86 for everything.
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spb · Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2004 9:18 pm Post subject:

On one system: ~x86, with numerous exceptions in package.keywords.
On the other: x86-fbsd ~x86-fbsd x86 ~x86

placeholder · Advocate Joined: 07 Feb 2004 Posts: 2500

I add packages to /etc/portage/package.keywords that have better ~arch versions, yet I keep a mainly stable packages merged.

srlinuxx · l33t Joined: 22 Nov 2003 Posts: 627

I run stable on my servers and laptop, but I run unstable on my workhorse/desktop. I've only had minor annoyances in doing so.
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tln · Veteran Joined: 24 Sep 2003 Posts: 1502

I've used ~x86 for over a year without any major problems.

sireyessire · Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2004 8:50 am Post subject:

i have stable everywhere, but with a huge package.keywords, maybe i should switch :wink:

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Keffin · Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2004 9:10 am Post subject:

I was using stable but my package.keywords was growing constantly so I switched to ~x86. Perfectly happy with it too

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neenee · Veteran Joined: 20 Jul 2003 Posts: 1786

~x86 here as well :wink:

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Archangel1 · Veteran Joined: 21 Apr 2004 Posts: 1212 Location: Work

Stable, but I've got that many packages in package.keywords I think I might as well have gone unstable :-)

Corky · Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2004 10:28 am Post subject:

Stable for servers, ~x86 for desktop.
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Deranger · Veteran Joined: 26 Aug 2004 Posts: 1215

~x86 from the beginning (bootstrap)

playfool · Posted: Mon Oct 04, 2004 2:12 pm Post subject:

~x86 because Mono isn't in stable yet and I can't be bothered to run a mixed setup.

Titeuf · Posted: Mon Oct 04, 2004 5:05 pm Post subject:

x86, but with some packages from ~x86.
But now for each package I emerge, I try to use the latest version, even if it's in ~x86

plbe · l33t Joined: 01 May 2004 Posts: 661

stable base system with unstable pkgs here

Deranger · Veteran Joined: 26 Aug 2004 Posts: 1215

I'm running 100% ~x86.

codergeek42 · Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2005 6:12 pm Post subject:

Full ~x86 with some hardmasked packages (such as the Vim7 alpha snapshots and PHP 5/MySQL 4.1).

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playfool · Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2005 6:38 pm Post subject:

Fedora Core Development + Extras (also development).. roughly the same as ~arch I would think.

-Rick- · Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2005 6:43 pm Post subject:

Sorted on usage:

Laptop:
* Gentoo stable
* WinXP Home

PC:
* Ubuntu Hoary
* FreeBSD 5.4 release
* Gentoo stable
* WinXP Pro
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edudlive · Guru Joined: 06 Jan 2004 Posts: 557

Desktop:
Totally x86 with two (libnjb and gnomad2) ~x86 packages.

Laptop:
Ubuntu Hoary, might try Debian Stable soon.

mc_03 · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 27 Aug 2004 Posts: 94

PC: Gentoo x86 with a mix of ~x86 (Gnome, though I see it recently went stable) and a select few hardmasked packages.
Server: FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE... not gonna mess around with cvsup on this box.
Mac: Tiger 10.4.1 + unstable WebKit for Acid2 compliance, and fink unstable (10.4-transitional).