Charles Plessy writes ("Re: Dreamhost dumps Debian"):
> However, one difficulty that was not mentionned in this thread is that if we
> aim at both long term support and frequent releases, then we need to support
> users skipping releases or upgrading multiple releases in a row.
I have done skip upgrades on multiple occasions. The fallout was
always manageable. (The most recent one was etch->squeeze IIRC.)
Ian.