[arch-general] Discussion on usage of [testing] repo - minimal requirements?

[Oon-Ee Ng]

On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 12:19 AM, Leonid Isaev <lisaev at umail.iu.edu> wrote:
> On (10/24/11 18:00), Karol Blazewicz wrote:
> -~> On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 5:52 PM, Leonid Isaev <lisaev at umail.iu.edu> wrote:
> -~> > Besides, one really doesn't have to enable testing in pacman.conf -- individual
> -~> > pacman -U will do, imho.
> -~>
> -~> I've read that [testing] is all or nothing and you shouldn't
> -~> cherrypick packages because you might break something.
> -~> Somewhat relevant https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=127144
>
> That's where brain comes in handy :)
>
Yes, its a REALLY good idea to state that its okay to pacman -U
individual [testing] packages on a public mailing list with at least
some users who really don't know any better than to do just that.