Re: Apt sources.list
On Sat 15 Apr 2023 at 16:45:40 +0000, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 15, 2023 at 01:23:05PM +0100, Brian wrote:
> > On Sat 15 Apr 2023 at 08:11:17 -0400, paulf@quillandmouse.com wrote:
> >
> > > Folks:
> > >
> > > Here is my sources.list file:
> > >
> > > ---
> > >
> > > deb http://debian.uchicago.edu/debian/ bookworm main contrib non-free
> > > deb-src http://debian.uchicago.edu/debian/ bookworm main contrib non-free
> > >
> > > deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security main
> > > contrib non-free deb-src http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security main contrib non-free
> > >
> > > ---
> > >
> > > According to https://www.debian.org/releases/, bookworm at this time is
> > > "testing". But when the next release comes, bookworm will still be
> > > bookworm, but "testing" will be bookworm "plus". I'd like to follow
> > > testing, regardless of the status of Debian official releases.
> > >
>
> I would really not advise that. The changes as one distribution rolls to
> stable and the next one becomes testing are quite major - also, things
> change (like sources.list files)
That's correct. The same applies to unstable, which I have run for many years.
> I would suggest that you remain on bookworm until bookworm is released as
> stable. At that point (and only then) change bookworm to trixie and carry
> on. As soon as bookworm is released, there will be massive churn.
OK. But how is testing one day before the release of bookworm significantly
different from trixie a day afterwards?
--
Brian.
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