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How stable the Debian Unstable is ?

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This is an observation. Recently I managed to obtain back my workstation which was out of my reach almost a year. It was running Debian unstable without any trouble in the past and I became curious how it will survive a pile of year long unstable updates. apt update showed that 1726 packages can be upgraded. After apt full-upgrade about 15 minutes later the system was upgraded. It is running now without any issues as stable as ever.
For reference here are the list:

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... ... Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
1726 packages can be upgraded. Run 'apt list --upgradable' to see them.
...
mf@d-x570:~$ sudo apt full-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  libecal-2.0-1 libedataserver-1.2-26 libfwupdplugin5 libgnome-bg-4-1 libgnome-desktop-3-19 libgnome-desktop-4-1 libgnome-rr-4-1 libgs9 libgsasl7 xapp
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  at-spi2-common cpp-12 cron-daemon-common g++-12 gcc-12 gir1.2-cscreensaver-1.0 gir1.2-gsound-1.0 gir1.2-soup-3.0 lib2geom1.2.0 libabsl20220623 libamtk-5-0 libamtk-5-common libasan8
  libavcodec59 libavdevice59 libavfilter8 libavformat59 libavif15 libavutil57 libberkeleydb-perl libbpf1 libcamel-1.2-64 libcgi-pm-perl libchamplain-0.12-0 libchamplain-gtk-0.12-0
  libcjson1 libdecor-0-dev libdirectfb-1.7-7 libdrm-dev libduktape207 libecal-2.0-2 libedataserver-1.2-27 libflac++10 libflac12 libfmt9 libgav1-1 libgbm-dev libgcc-12-dev
  libgeocode-glib-2-0 libgnome-bg-4-2 libgnome-desktop-3-20 libgnome-desktop-4-2 libgnome-rr-4-2 libgprofng0 libgs-common libgs10 libgs10-common libgsasl18 libgssdp-1.6-0 libgssglue1
  libgupnp-1.6-0 libharfbuzz-subset0 libhtml-tokeparser-simple-perl libhwy1 libicu72 libimath-3-1-29 libjavascriptcoregtk-4.1-0 libjaylink0 libjim0.81 libjxl0.7 liblerc4 libllvm15 liblrdf0
  libmalcontent-ui-1-1 libmbedcrypto7 libmldbm-perl libmozjs-102-0 libnautilus-extension4 libneon27 libopenexr-3-1-30 libopenh264-7 libpciaccess-dev libperl5.36 libpkgconf3 libplacebo208
  libpoppler126 libportal-gtk3-1 libportal1 libportmidi0 libpostproc56 libproc2-0 libprotobuf-lite32 libpython3.11 libpython3.11-minimal libpython3.11-stdlib libqpdf29 libraptor2-0
  librav1e0 libregexp-ipv6-perl libregexp-wildcards-perl librest-1.0-0 librist4 librnp0 libruby libruby3.1 librygel-core-2.8-0 librygel-db-2.8-0 librygel-renderer-2.8-0
  librygel-server-2.8-0 libsamplerate0-dev libsbsms10 libsnapd-glib-2-1 libsrt1.5-gnutls libstdc++-12-dev libsvtav1enc1 libswresample4 libswscale6 libsystemd-shared libtepl-6-2
  libtepl-common libtexlua53-5 libtiff6 libtsan2 libwebkit2gtk-4.1-0 libwireshark16 libwiretap13 libwsutil14 libwww-mechanize-perl libwxbase3.2-1 libwxgtk3.2-1 libx264-164 libxdo3 libyajl2
  libyuv0 libzxing2 linux-image-6.1.0-3-amd64 openjdk-17-jre openjdk-17-jre-headless perl-modules-5.36 pkgconf pkgconf-bin python3-dateutil python3-httplib2 python3-lazr.restfulclient
  python3-lazr.uri python3-libevdev python3-pyparsing python3-pyudev python3-wadllib python3.11 python3.11-minimal ruby-sdbm ruby-webrick ruby3.1 usrmerge webp-pixbuf-loader
The following packages will be upgraded:
  accountsservice acl acpid adduser adwaita-icon-theme aisleriot alsa-ucm-conf alsa-utils anacron apache2-bin apparmor appstream apt apt-config-icons apt-utils arandr
  arm-trusted-firmware-tools aspell aspell-cy aspell-da aspell-de aspell-eo aspell-es aspell-eu aspell-is aspell-kk aspell-lt aspell-lv aspell-pt-br aspell-ru aspell-tl at-spi2-core
  audacious audacious-plugins audacious-plugins-data audacity audacity-data autoconf avahi-autoipd avahi-daemon base-files base-passwd bash bind9-dnsutils bind9-host bind9-libs binutils
  binutils-arm-none-eabi binutils-common binutils-x86-64-linux-gnu blueman bluez bluez-obexd bolt brasero brasero-cdrkit brasero-common bsdextrautils bsdutils btrfs-progs bubblewrap
  busybox bzip2 ca-certificates-java cdrdao cheese cheese-common cinnamon cinnamon-common cinnamon-control-center cinnamon-control-center-data cinnamon-control-center-goa cinnamon-core
  cinnamon-desktop-data cinnamon-desktop-environment cinnamon-l10n cinnamon-screensaver cinnamon-session cinnamon-session-common cinnamon-settings-daemon cjs cmake cmake-data colord
  colord-data console-setup console-setup-linux coreutils cpio cpp cpp-10 cpp-11 cracklib-runtime cron cryptsetup cryptsetup-bin cryptsetup-initramfs cups cups-browsed cups-client
  cups-common cups-core-drivers cups-daemon cups-filters cups-filters-core-drivers cups-ipp-utils cups-ppdc cups-server-common curl dash dbus dbus-bin dbus-daemon dbus-session-bus-common
  dbus-system-bus-common dbus-user-session dbus-x11 dconf-cli dconf-gsettings-backend dconf-service debconf debconf-i18n debianutils default-jre default-jre-headless deja-dup desktop-base
  dh-elpa-helper dictionaries-common diffstat diffutils dirmngr distro-info-data dmidecode dmsetup dns-root-data dns323-firmware-tools dnsmasq-base dnsutils docbook-xml doublecmd-common
  doublecmd-gtk doublecmd-help-en doublecmd-plugins dpkg dpkg-dev duplicity dvdauthor dvisvgm e2fsprogs eject emacsen-common enchant-2 eog espeak-ng-data evince evince-common
  evolution-data-server-common exfatprogs exif exim4-base exim4-config exim4-daemon-light fakeroot fcitx5-chinese-addons-bin fcitx5-chinese-addons-data fcitx5-module-pinyinhelper
  fcitx5-module-punctuation fcitx5-pinyin fcitx5-table fdisk ffmpeg ffmpeg-doc fig2dev file file-roller findutils firefox-esr firmware-ath9k-htc firmware-microbit-micropython
  firmware-microbit-micropython-doc firmware-zd1211 fontconfig fontconfig-config fonts-dejavu fonts-dejavu-core fonts-dejavu-extra fonts-glyphicons-halflings fonts-noto-color-emoji
  fonts-unifont fonts-urw-base35 fonts-vlgothic fuse3 fwupd g++ g++-11 gcc gcc-10 gcc-10-base gcc-11 gcc-11-base gcc-12-base gcc-9-base gcc-arm-none-eabi gcr gdisk gedit gedit-common
  genisoimage gettext gettext-base ghostscript gimp gimp-data gir1.2-accountsservice-1.0 gir1.2-adw-1 gir1.2-atk-1.0 gir1.2-atspi-2.0 gir1.2-ayatanaappindicator3-0.1 gir1.2-camel-1.2
  gir1.2-caribou-1.0 gir1.2-cinnamondesktop-3.0 gir1.2-cmenu-3.0 gir1.2-cogl-1.0 gir1.2-coglpango-1.0 gir1.2-cvc-1.0 gir1.2-ecal-2.0 gir1.2-edataserver-1.2 gir1.2-freedesktop
  gir1.2-gdesktopenums-3.0 gir1.2-gdkpixbuf-2.0 gir1.2-gkbd-3.0 gir1.2-glib-2.0 gir1.2-gnomedesktop-3.0 gir1.2-goa-1.0 gir1.2-gst-plugins-bad-1.0 gir1.2-gst-plugins-base-1.0
  gir1.2-gstreamer-1.0 gir1.2-gtk-3.0 gir1.2-gtk-4.0 gir1.2-gtksource-4 gir1.2-handy-1 gir1.2-harfbuzz-0.0 gir1.2-ibus-1.0 gir1.2-ical-3.0 gir1.2-javascriptcoregtk-4.0 gir1.2-malcontent-0
  gir1.2-meta-muffin-0.0 gir1.2-nemo-3.0 gir1.2-nm-1.0 gir1.2-nma-1.0 gir1.2-notify-0.7 gir1.2-packagekitglib-1.0 gir1.2-pango-1.0 gir1.2-peas-1.0 gir1.2-polkit-1.0 gir1.2-rb-3.0
  gir1.2-secret-1 gir1.2-soup-2.4 gir1.2-timezonemap-1.0 gir1.2-totem-1.0 gir1.2-totemplparser-1.0 gir1.2-upowerglib-1.0 gir1.2-vte-2.91 gir1.2-webkit2-4.0 gir1.2-wnck-3.0 gir1.2-xapp-1.0
  gist git git-man gjs gkbd-capplet glib-networking glib-networking-common glib-networking-services gnome-2048 gnome-accessibility-themes gnome-backgrounds gnome-calculator gnome-chess
  gnome-control-center gnome-control-center-data gnome-desktop3-data gnome-disk-utility gnome-firmware gnome-font-viewer gnome-games gnome-keyring gnome-keyring-pkcs11 gnome-nibbles
  gnome-online-accounts gnome-settings-daemon gnome-settings-daemon-common gnome-software gnome-software-common gnome-sound-recorder gnome-sudoku gnome-system-monitor gnome-taquin
  gnome-terminal gnome-terminal-data gnome-themes-extra gnome-themes-extra-data gnome-user-docs gnome-user-share gnote gnupg gnupg-l10n gnupg-utils gpg gpg-agent gpg-wks-client
  gpg-wks-server gpgconf gpgsm gpgv graphviz grep grilo-plugins-0.3 groff-base grub-common grub-firmware-qemu grub-pc grub-pc-bin grub2-common gsasl-common gsettings-desktop-schemas
  gsfonts gstreamer1.0-alsa gstreamer1.0-gl gstreamer1.0-gtk3 gstreamer1.0-libav gstreamer1.0-nice gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad gstreamer1.0-plugins-base gstreamer1.0-plugins-good
  gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly gstreamer1.0-pulseaudio gstreamer1.0-x gthumb gthumb-data gtk-update-icon-cache gtkhash guile-2.2-libs gvfs gvfs-backends gvfs-common gvfs-daemons gvfs-fuse
  gvfs-libs haveged hexchat hexchat-lua hexchat-perl hexchat-plugins hexchat-python3 hitori hoichess hostname hunspell hunspell-bg hunspell-bs hunspell-ca hunspell-cs hunspell-da
  hunspell-de-at hunspell-de-ch hunspell-de-de hunspell-el hunspell-en-gb hunspell-eu hunspell-gl hunspell-gu hunspell-hi hunspell-hr hunspell-hu hunspell-id hunspell-is hunspell-it
  hunspell-kk hunspell-kmr hunspell-lt hunspell-lv hunspell-ne hunspell-pl hunspell-pt-br hunspell-pt-pt hunspell-ro hunspell-ru hunspell-si hunspell-sl hunspell-sr hunspell-sv hunspell-te
  hunspell-th hunspell-vi hwdata i2c-tools ibrazilian ibverbs-providers icu-devtools idanish ifupdown iitalian ilithuanian imagemagick imagemagick-6-common imagemagick-6.q16 ingerman init
  init-system-helpers initramfs-tools initramfs-tools-core inkscape intel-media-va-driver intel-microcode intltool-debian inxi iportuguese ipp-usb iproute2 iptables iputils-ping irussian
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  libappstream4 libapr1 libaprutil1 libaprutil1-dbd-sqlite3 libaprutil1-ldap libapt-pkg-perl libapt-pkg6.0 libarchive13 libasan6 libasound2 libasound2-data libasound2-dev
  libasound2-plugins libaspell15 libass-dev libass9 libassuan0 libasyncns0 libatk-adaptor libatk-bridge2.0-0 libatk1.0-0 libatkmm-1.6-1v5 libatomic1 libatopology2 libatspi2.0-0 libattr1
  libaudcore5 libaudgui5 libaudit-common libaudit1 libaudqt2 libaudtag3 libauthen-sasl-perl libavahi-client3 libavahi-common-data libavahi-common3 libavahi-core7 libavahi-glib1
  libavahi-ui-gtk3-0 libayatana-appindicator3-1 libayatana-ido3-0.4-0 libayatana-indicator3-7 libb-hooks-op-check-perl libbabl-0.1-0 libbdplus0 libbinutils libblas3 libblkid-dev libblkid1
  libblockdev-crypto2 libblockdev-fs2 libblockdev-loop2 libblockdev-part-err2 libblockdev-part2 libblockdev-swap2 libblockdev-utils2 libblockdev2 libbluetooth-dev libbluetooth3 libbluray2
  libboost-filesystem1.74.0 libboost-iostreams1.74.0 libboost-regex1.74.0 libboost-thread1.74.0 libbotan-2-19 libbrasero-media3-1 libbrlapi0.8 libbrotli-dev libbrotli1 libbs2b0 libbsd0
  libbz2-1.0 libc-ares2 libc-bin libc-dev-bin libc-devtools libc-l10n libc6 libc6-dev libcaca0 libcairo-gobject-perl libcairo-gobject2 libcairo-perl libcairo-script-interpreter2 libcairo2
  libcairomm-1.0-1v5 libcamd2 libcap-ng0 libcap2 libcap2-bin libcapture-tiny-perl libcaribou-common libcaribou0 libcbor0.8 libcc1-0 libccolamd2 libcdio-cdda2 libcdio-paranoia2 libcdio19
  libcdr-0.1-1 libcdt5 libcgraph6 libcheese-gtk25 libcheese8 libcholmod3 libchromaprint1 libcinnamon-control-center1 libcinnamon-desktop4 libcinnamon-menu-3-0 libcjs0
  libclass-method-modifiers-perl libclass-xsaccessor-perl libclone-perl libcodec2-1.0 libcogl-pango20 libcogl-path20 libcogl20 libcolamd2 libcolord2 libcolorhug2 libcom-err2
  libconfig-tiny-perl libconst-fast-perl libcpanel-json-xs-perl libcrack2 libcrypt-dev libcrypt1 libcryptsetup12 libcscreensaver0 libctf-nobfd0 libctf0 libcups2 libcupsfilters1
  libcurl3-gnutls libcurl4 libcvc0 libdata-dpath-perl libdata-messagepack-perl libdata-optlist-perl libdata-validate-ip-perl libdatrie1 libdaxctl1 libdb5.3 libdbus-1-3 libdbus-1-dev
  libdbus-glib-1-2 libdbusmenu-glib4 libdbusmenu-gtk3-4 libdconf1 libde265-0 libdebconfclient0 libdecor-0-0 libdecor-0-plugin-1-cairo libdee-1.0-4 libdeflate0 libdevel-callchecker-perl
  libdevel-size-perl libdevel-stacktrace-perl libdevmapper1.02.1 libdjvulibre21 libdouble-conversion3 libdpkg-perl libdrm-amdgpu1 libdrm-common libdrm-intel1 libdrm-nouveau2 libdrm-radeon1
  libdrm2 libdv4 libdvdread8 libdw1 libdynaloader-functions-perl libebml5 libedit2 libegl-dev libegl-mesa0 libegl1 libegl1-mesa-dev libelf1 libemail-address-xs-perl libenca0 libenchant-2-2
  libenchant-2-voikko libencode-locale-perl liberror-perl libespeak-ng1 libestr0 libevdev2 libevdocument3-4 libevview3-3 libexecs0 libexempi8 libexif12 libexiv2-27 libexpat1 libexpat1-dev
  libexporter-tiny-perl libext2fs2 libextutils-depends-perl libfaad2 libfakeroot libfastjson4 libfcitx5-qt-data libfcitx5-qt1 libfcitx5config6 libfcitx5core7 libfcitx5utils2 libfdisk1
  libfdt1 libffi-dev libffi8 libfftw3-double3 libfftw3-single3 libfido2-1 libfile-basedir-perl libfile-desktopentry-perl libfile-fcntllock-perl libfile-find-rule-perl libfile-mimeinfo-perl
  libflashrom1 libflatpak0 libflite1 libfluidsynth3 libfont-afm-perl libfont-ttf-perl libfontconfig-dev libfontconfig1 libfontconfig1-dev libfontembed1 libfreeaptx0 libfreerdp-client2-2
  libfreerdp2-2 libfreetype-dev libfreetype6 libfreetype6-dev libftdi1-2 libfuse2 libfuse3-3 libfwupd2 libgail-3-0 libgbm1 libgc1 libgcab-1.0-0 libgcc-10-dev libgcc-11-dev libgcc-s1
  libgck-1-0 libgcr-base-3-1 libgcr-ui-3-1 libgcrypt20 libgd3 libgdbm-compat4 libgdbm6 libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0 libgdk-pixbuf2.0-bin libgdk-pixbuf2.0-common libgee-0.8-2 libgegl-0.4-0
  libgegl-common libgeoclue-2-0 libges-1.0-0 libgetdns10 libgexiv2-2 libgfapi0 libgfortran5 libgfrpc0 libgfxdr0 libgif7 libgimp2.0 libgirepository-1.0-1 libgjs0g libgl-dev libgl1
  libgl1-mesa-dri libglapi-mesa libgles-dev libgles1 libgles2 libglib-object-introspection-perl libglib-perl libglib2.0-0 libglib2.0-bin libglib2.0-data libglib2.0-dev libglib2.0-dev-bin
  libglibmm-2.4-1v5 libglu1-mesa libglu1-mesa-dev libglusterfs0 libglvnd-core-dev libglvnd-dev libglvnd0 libglx-dev libglx-mesa0 libglx0 libgme0 libgmp-dev libgmp10 libgmpxx4ldbl
  libgnome-bluetooth-ui-3.0-13 libgnome-games-support-1-3 libgnomekbd-common libgnomekbd8 libgnutls-dane0 libgnutls-openssl27 libgnutls28-dev libgnutls30 libgnutlsxx30 libgoa-1.0-0b
  libgoa-1.0-common libgoa-backend-1.0-1 libgomp1 libgpg-error0 libgpgme11 libgphoto2-6 libgphoto2-l10n libgphoto2-port12 libgpm2 libgpod-common libgpod4 libgrilo-0.3-0 libgs9-common
  libgsf-1-114 libgsf-1-common libgsl27 libgslcblas0 libgsm1 libgspell-1-2 libgspell-1-common libgssapi-krb5-2 libgstreamer-gl1.0-0 libgstreamer-plugins-bad1.0-0
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  libgtksourceview-4-common libgtksourceview-5-0 libgtksourceview-5-common libgts-0.7-5 libgts-bin libgupnp-av-1.0-3 libgupnp-igd-1.0-4 libgvc6 libgvpr2 libgweather-4-0
  libgweather-4-common libgxps2 libhandy-1-0 libharfbuzz-dev libharfbuzz-gobject0 libharfbuzz-icu0 libharfbuzz0b libhavege2 libheif1 libhfstospell11 libhogweed6 libhtml-form-perl
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  libio-interactive-perl libio-prompt-tiny-perl libio-socket-ssl-perl libio-string-perl libip4tc2 libip6tc2 libipc-run3-perl libipc-system-simple-perl libisl23 libiterator-perl
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  libpcaudio0 libpci3 libpciaccess0 libpcre16-3 libpcre2-16-0 libpcre2-32-0 libpcre2-8-0 libpcre2-dev libpcre2-posix3 libpcre3 libpcre3-dev libpcre32-3 libpcrecpp0v5 libpcsclite1
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Re: How stable the Debian Unstable is ?

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The way it works with Debian is that Stable is about as stable as you can get, comparable to Red Hat. The price is older software and less compatibility with bleeding edge hardware.

Testing is just as stable as Mint or Ubuntu (LMDE is Stable based). It's probably the closest thing to Ubuntu based Mint.

Debian Sid is their bleeding edge version, obviously less stable and the only one you should really worry about there. Some Debian users with new hardware will enable the sid repo to get newer packages to make some bit of hardware work. And, if they have any clues, immediately disable the sid repo afterwards.
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Re: How stable the Debian Unstable is ?

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You can also add a repo at zero priority so it is not used unless you select it in a command for a specific package. I had to use that for something back before LM 20.

Choosing stable or unstable was important for a while during the big conversion to systemd. Now there is not much difference for most things. Plus you can get the latest applications as Appimages. It is really only developers needing the latest for development testing or the odd purchase of radically new hardware.

For a server, I suggest Debian stable and add only the specific new stuff you need for that server, which is often nothing. The same for reading email and browsing the Web. Old versions of LibreOffice are fine if you are not using revision marking or importing PDFs.

For professional use, Debian Unstable makes your machine compatible with the people sending documents from other systems.
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