Re: Going from stable to testing

[Joe <joe@jretrading.com>]

In message <2WM6Q-6Fh-27@gated-at.bofh.it>, Jacob Friis 
<lists@debpro.webcom.dk> writes
> > > Can I upgrade my system to be all testing just by adjusting
> > > /etc/apt/sources.list?
> > yes, just put testing instead of stable and then run apt-get update
> > apt-get dist-upgrade
>
> I noticed this:
> <snip src="http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/ch-woody.en.html";>
> Note that tracking the testing distribution of Debian can have the side 
> effect of delaying the installation of packages containing security 
> fixes, since such packages are uploaded to unstable and only later 
> migrate to testing.
> </snip>
>
> Is there anything to do about that?
Yes, generally that's true. But at this very moment, 'testing' is being 
bugfixed to a point where it will become the new 'stable' any week/month 
now. Stable-type quick security updates are already occurring. There are 
still more bugs, so it's not quite as safe as the old Woody yet.

I'm running a Woody, and tweaking a Sarge to replace it at the 
appropriate time. I'm seeing the same security fixes that Woody gets 
also arriving on Sarge, along with the other bugfixes.
--
Joe