Re: Installing Sarge -- Any reason to wait?
On Monday 30 May 2005 03:36 pm, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:
> On Mon, May 30, 2005 at 03:24:28PM -0400, Hal Vaughan wrote:
> > I have two production systems that I've been working with. Right now
> > they are on Mepis while I'm testing. I want to change both over to
> > straight Debian for stability. I know Sarge is due to be declared stable
> > in about a week (could that change?), but it might be easier for me to
> > install in the next day or two due to scheduling. Is there any benefit
> > to waiting to install Sarge until after it goes stable? If so, I'll
> > wait, but if there's no real reason, I'd rather install asap. (And yes,
> > I'll be getting security updates.)
>
> No real reason to wait.
That's what I figured, but I've been on Linux long enough to know that when
I'm trying something I haven't done before (like installing testing and
sticking with it until it's stable), it's always best to check with specific
questions for possible gotchas. (Yes, I know to set my sources to Sarge
instead of testing.)
> I have already switched over a couple of
> lightly loaded production servers with no issues. The infrastructure is
> already in place and the last few kinks are getting worked out.
From what I hear, that's about what I expected.
> You may
> see the release pushed back,
Always possible. That's why I was wondering whether I should install
according to my schedule or Debian's schedule.
> I consider that unlikely to happen again.
> Everyone wants to see this release happen ASAP.
>
> Just realize, that up until a few weeks after release you will be seeing
> a higher-than-normal number of updates.
But I should be able to count on these updates being as reliable as regular
updates to stable, shouldn't I?
> Up until the actual release,
> there will be RC bug fixes and documentation updates. After the
> release, there will be a strong focus on getting at any lagging security
> updates. After that, things should settle down nicely.
I'm not worried about more updates. I expect that. I just want to be sure
that it is already being treated like stable -- i.e. I can count on updates
not breaking anything.
Thanks!
Hal
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