Re: Jessie or stretch for server
On 01/12/2017 03:25 PM, Dan wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm going to install Debian on a file server (NFS and postgres) for a
> small group of people. It will be in an intranet, no direct connection
> to Internet.
>
> Should I install Jessie or Stretch? I've always used stable.
If the server will be used by developers only then you can install
either version - 8 or 9, but if it will be production server then stable
is better than testing.
My
> understanding is that at this point Stretch is quite stable, the
> versions of the packages won't change and there won't be major changes
> in the packages, only security/bug updates.
>
> In a few months the Stretch Debian installation will automatically
> become "stable". Is that correct?
A freeze period usually takes at least 6 months so I wouldn't say "a few
months".
HTH
Kind regards
Georgi
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