[Ardour-Users] Hm...

[John Rigg]

On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 04:14:43PM -0500, Matt Zagrabelny wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 3:58 PM, John Rigg <au at jrigg.co.uk> wrote:
> > I use Debian stable, but I'm used to compiling a lot of Ardour's
> > dependencies rather than use the Debian packages (and unless I'm
> > mistaken, I've seen it mentioned on this mailing list and/or ardour.org
> > that Debian based distros are not recommended for those who want an
> > easy Ardour installation).
> 
> I've used Ardour on a few different Debian unstable systems; I think
> it went pretty smooth.

Over the last five years or so I've found that unstable works OK
some of the time, but at other times not. After I had an unstable-based
system break badly during a routine upgrade I've avoided using it on
production systems.

John