Re: When is best to go on using Testing from Wheezy

[Gary Dale <garydale@rogers.com>]

On 08/05/13 11:11 AM, Hörmetjan Yiltiz wrote:

Hi,

I have been looking forward to the Debian Wheezy Release and, at last, we had it!

I am informed that it might be safer to stay in Stable for *a while* after release, since there could be many new softwares going into the Testing branch, some of which might have some stability or other problems.

So, when could be better to use the *testing* in sources.list again? I switched it to Wheezy from Testing a week ago before we have 3-4 days until the Wheezy Release. Now I'd like to go on using Testing, yet not sure about the best timing.

Thanks!

Best,

I recommend staying with Wheezy for a few months before switching to Jessie.

Of course, this depends on your particular situation. If you have two computers, you could move to Jessie now on the one that is less critical. However, make sure you have good backups!

There are people who use Sid. Obviously they would have no problems with Jessie now. However I prefer to wait until Testing has settled down before switching to it. Similarly, I try upgrading non-essential servers to the new stable before I risk it on anything critical. After all, it's not just the current software that you need to work but also the upgrade process.