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On 09/13/2010 09:45 PM, J. Roeleveld wrote:
>> [...]
> I wouldn't expect people to run a Gentoo system with all packages on unstable.
> I tend to only select specific packages as unstable when I really need that
> version.

Usually the best "stability" is reached by running either full stable or 
full testing (aka "unstable").  Mixing usually makes things worse.  I 
used to run a mixed system, but at some point it was clear to me that 
this fscks things up quite often due to package versions whether ~arch 
packages breaking with arch ones.