I need Lazarus to work so i don't get into problems using the FPC CVS, however i use CVS with Lazarus and keep Lazarus up-to-date.
This way (using a "recommended" FPC version) and the CVS version of Lazarus i don't get into huge bugs.
This is my way of having a stable environment
Didn't you guys read on the Lazarus list that 1.9.7 is buggy ?