Re: What will happens when sarge becomes stable?

[Adam Aube <aaube01@baker.edu>]

feanor7 wrote:

> Actually my servers have cron-apt installed and every night they do
> "apt-get update". At morning I check the possible changes and decide
> which packages should be upgraded. Most of time I do a "apt-get
> dist-upgrade" and life continues.

> My /etc/apt/sources.list points to stable.

> But when the great day arrives, and sarge becomes stable, what will
> happens when "apt-get dist-upgrade" runs? I'm afraid that all systems
> will be forced to a massive software upgrade

Yes - all of your systems will upgrade to what is now stable (Sarge).

> There is any suggestion or documention to follow in that case?

Change "stable" to "woody" in your sources.list. Then, when you are ready to
upgrade to Sarge, change "woody" to "sarge". This info is in the archives.

Adam