Re: Potato to Woody dist-upgrade problems

[Scott Henson <shenson2@wvu.edu>]

> not use "apt-get dist-upgrade", and use "dselect" instead.  Just for
> yucks, I suggest that you try taking a naive user and see if they can
> upgrade a Potato system to Woddy using any means you suggest, whether
> it be apt-get or dselect.  The only rule is once they get started,
> you're not allowed to help them out.  That means no giving them hints
> about how you need to edit /etc/X11/fs/config, etc., or figuring out
> arcane key bindings, or making "one-line" changes to xdm configuration
> files.  Let them see if they can figure it out on their own, or how
> many hours it takes before they can find the relevant information in
> either some HOWTO or Debian-provided documentation.  I suspect that
> anyone who tries this experiment will find it a very painful
> experience.

I did.  It wasnt that bad.  But then again I am more stuborn than most
:)

-Scott Henson