testing is for actually testing. unstable is for users who want the bleeding edge

Posted Aug 22, 2025 7:19 UTC (Fri) by alx.manpages (subscriber, #145117)
In reply to: testing is for actually testing. unstable is for users who want the bleeding edge by pabs
Parent article: Lucky 13: a look at Debian trixie

Sounds good! However, I think that qualifies as an expert installation.

Recommending testing over unstable, saying that testing is for the bleeding edge and unstable is for the adventurous, that's at least a dangerous recommendation.

Such a recommendation would need to come with a disclosure that unstable is safer (even if it might crash more often) and explains how to deal with the security issues in testing.