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Re: wheezy to testing



On Sun, Mar 15, 2015 at 07:50:11PM +0800, 慕冬亮 wrote:
> 
> 
> On 03/15/2015 07:37 PM, Lisi Reisz wrote:
> >On Sunday 15 March 2015 04:41:00 慕冬亮 wrote:
> >>So If I use "stable" instead of "Jessie" or "Wheezy" , I will have a
> >>rolling release like "archlinux" or "gentoo"!
> >>Is it ???
> >Not "stable", no.  If you use "testing" instead of a code name you will
> Why ?? I can't understand !
> >effectively have a rolling release, but it will be a very rocky ride for
> >about a month after Jessie becomes Stable.
> >
> >Lisi
> >
> >
> I don't understand it clearly !
> I have an simple understanding of Debian development mode !
> Jessie     ------>>                (after a frozen time)
> testing                 stable
> 

Debian uses code names for releases at least partly to avoid confusion. The codenames mean that when jessie is released as stable,
stretch will become testing, wheezy becomes -> oldstable, squeeze-lts -> oldoldstable and so on.

Etch == Debian 4

Lenny == Debian 5

Squeeze == Debian 6 == oldstable now

Wheezy == Debian 7 == Stable now

Jessie == Debian 8 (when released as stable) == Testing now

Stretch == Debian 9 (when released as stable) == Testing once Jessie is released ...

Buster == Debian 10 (when released as stable) == Testing once Stretch is released ...

If you pin to Stable, then you will hit large changes as and when each release is made and then stability for the next couple of years with minimal
changes.

If you pin to Testing, then you'll be OK for anything up to a couple of years until a new release is made - if you pin to a release name, you can get 
up to five years :)

All the very best,

AndyC

> I think if I use "stable" or "testing" ,I will sync with corresponding
> version , is it ?
> This is like the rolling version !
> So I don't what the problem is !!!
> mudongliang
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