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Hi Antoine,
On Thu, 17 Mar 2016 13:26:36 -0400 =?utf-8?q?Antoine_Beaupr=C3=A9?=
<anarcat@debian.org> wrote:
> http://www.debian.org/releases/jessie/amd64/release-notes/ch-upgrading.en.html#upgrade-preparations
>
> "The distribution upgrade should be done either locally from a
> textmode virtual console (or a directly connected serial terminal), or
> remotely via an ssh link."
The source [1] used to say this:
TODO: surely gdm/kdm are sane?
(vorlon) haha, no, gdm is not; I had that thought, and tested a gdm
restart on my live session ;)
That note was from before 2008.
> While the first time I did a jessie upgrade, my X session exploded and
> I was left with a half-upgraded system (recovered fine, however), now
> I just upgraded a fairly regular laptop to the latest jessie release,
> through a full gnome session, without any interruption or issues.
>
> So I think that wording could be changed to a recommendation. It will
> make upgrading Debian more accessible to users less familiar with the
> "textmode virtual consoles" (which is, I suspect, a surprisingly large
> proportion). :)
Is one experience enough to say this? Is the remark from 2008 still a
thing? I don't know how to judge. I would expect that a lot has improved
in this area over the last decade.
Paul
[1] https://salsa.debian.org/ddp-team/release-notes/commit/9292bbf
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