Re: time_t transitions in testing

[Erwan David <erwan@rail.eu.org>]

Le 03/05/2024 à 07:11, songbird a écrit :
> songbird wrote:
> ...
> >    the on-going time_t transitions may be causing some packages
> > to be removed for a while as dependencies get adjusted.
> >
> >    i've currently not been doing full upgrades because there are
> > many Mate packages that would be removed.
>    i decided to see what i could get upgraded tonight and
> have done it in layers.
>
>    mainly i wanted to make sure that anything removed was
> being replaced and that my desktop would still be usable
> and that seems to have happened.
>
>    so far it seems to have gone well but i'm on the last 400
> packages (it takes me a bit to download since i'm not on a
> super-fast connection).  with how things have gone so far i
> don't expect any hiccups.
>
>    i <heart> Debian and testing aka trixie.  :)
>
>    thanks to all in the Debian community who have gotten this
> done.
>
>
>    songbird

Doing regular upgrades, checking what is removed, what is installed, 
waiting when situation is complex leads me to a perfectly working 
trixie. That's a good work from the team doing the transition.

As always in testing, one must be careful (and I woul stringly advise 
against auto-upgrades...), but when a little attention and sometimes 
patience, it works.


--
Erwan David