how unstable is hoary?

[Travis Newman]

Ross D wrote:

>I was just wondering how unstable hoary actually is.  Which version of
>debian does hoary's stability compare to (testing, unstable,
>experimental, etc).  Do those using it notice frequent bugs and
>crashes with everday use, like if you try and use mandrake's cooker as
>a complete OS, or is it just occasional problems while things work
>right most of the time.
>
>I ask because I'd really like to take advantage of the later versions
>of packages that are already in hoary or I assume will be shortly
>(gaim 1.0.2, firefox 1.0, thunderbird 0.9, xorg, openoffice 1.1.3,
>linuxkernel 2.6.9, etc.
>
>  
>
I'll tell you, I've been using it for a few days now, and with the 
exception of the Composite extension for xorg, I have had NO bugs yet. 
That doesn't seem to be the general consensus though. There will be 
bugs, I probably just have the right hardware so that it's working out 
better for me than some. Definitely use it at your own risk, but I'd 
suggest giving it a shot. Maybe install it on a separate partition to 
test first, just so nothing gets borked.

Travis