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Re: when does one change from testing to stable in sources.list



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Tom Furie wrote:
> Why? What's the difference between having stable in the source list and
> automatically upgrading when the new stable is released - all upgrade
> issues *should* be worked out by then - versus switching the codename
> once the new version becomes stable?

You miss reading the upgrade instructions and release notes before
performing the upgrade.

YMMV, of course, but I prefer to spend 10 minutes reading the upgrade
instructions to having to revert the upgrade procedure for all my
machines, because I missed a simple but important point.

- --
Johannes

In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the
humble reasoning of a single individual.
- - Galileo Galilei, physicist and astronomer (1564-1642)
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