Re: sources.list question

[Manolo Díaz <damdl@deneb.org.es>]

Matt Richardson wrote:
> If I were to put 'etch' instead of 'testing' in my sources.list, like so
>
> deb http://sluglug.ucsc.edu/debian/ etch main
>
> on a new install, will I see any difference when etch becomes the new
> stable?  Sorry for the dumb question, but I've always put 'stable' or
> 'unstable' rather than 'sarge' or 'sid' in my sources.list.  I've got
> some new servers that I want to run stable amd64, but don't really
> have the time to wait for Debian 4.
>
> I guess the other alternative is to run the unofficial amd64 sarge.
>
> thanks,
No, when etch becomes stable you won't see any difference until etch
becomes oldstable, so you will have time enough then to put stable
instead of etch.


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Manolo