Re: Package maintenance on Debian
> On 29/03/13 23:31, sirquijote@lavabit.com wrote:
>>>> despite the implication of the names, you may find either to be
(mostly) stable and useful, especially if old software is your only
trouble with Debian squeeze.
>>> Yeah, if it weren't for the older packages, I'd be content.
>>> How do I migrate to testing or unstable: does it require a re-install or
>>> do I just add those lists to apt-get?
>> nvm, the Debian wiki actually covers this pretty well.
>> Thanks for the help. :)
>
> Make sure you follow the install/upgrade notes carefully when upgrading
from Squeeze to Wheezy/Testing. There are some steps that have to be
done in the right order (upgrading udev and kernel, for a start), or you
will end up with an unusable system.
>
> It is certainly worth moving to Wheezy, as it will replace Squeeze as
Stable in the very near future.
>
> --
> Dom
It transpires that Netatalk hasn't reached v3 in sid yet, and the good
folks on the Netatalk mailing list tell me it's highly recommended, so I
think I'll just stick with Squeeze and compile Netatalk 3 myself.
Responses and patience much appreciated :)
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