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[Mark Shuttleworth <mark@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 06/03/12 18:52, Ian Santopietro wrote:
> > Slightly tangential now, since the original question seems to have been
> > answered, but isn't that what Depends are for? It shouldn't be possible,
> > from an architectural point of view, to upgrade any package without pulling
> > along all the packages that it absolutely requires to run properly?
> Yes, but in the rapid update cycle present in pre-release software,
> this system sometimes doesn't work according to plan. It's best to
> update the entire system at once.

Dependencies should take care of this, but dependencies are rarely 
super-specific to particular builds, and sometimes that can cause 
issues. So yes, on the beta, stay up to date :)