Re: Can I stay in testing without going etch?

[Owen Heisler <owenh000@gmail.com>]

On Thu, 2006-05-18 at 23:37 -0400, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:
> Adam Hardy wrote:
> > 
> > You mean 'testing' and 'etch' are interchangeable as far as the
> > sources.list entry goes?
> > 
> > 
> 
> lrwxrwxrwx    1 200      200             4 Jun 06  2005 testing -> etch
> 
> The stable/testing/unstable names are just symlinks to the actual
> codenames.  So for now, testing and etch are the same.  Once etch is
> released, the symlinks will be upadted and testing will no longer be etch.
> 
> -Roberto

I have been following this thread as I am working on switching to
Debian, and have just these questions:

If I install Debian stable and have "stable" in the sources.list file,
will updates keep happening, even across releases?  I think it would be
great it I never had to reinstall, yet could still have a completely
up-to-date system.

Also, is the same true for unstable and testing?

Thanks for clarifying.