Re: change sources.list to follow testing, not jessie

[David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk>]

Quoting Harry Putnam (reader@newsguy.com):
> My current sources.list:
> 
> 
> ,----
> | deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian testing main contrib non-free
> | deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian testing main contrib non-free
> |  
> | deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ jessie-updates main contrib non-free
> | deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ jessie-updates main contrib non-free
> | 
> | deb http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates main contrib non-free
> | deb-src http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates main contrib non-free
> `----
> 
> And a couple to keep certain wheeze software but not important for my question
> (included here just for completness only)
> ,----
> | deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ wheezy main contrib non-free
> | deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ wheezy main contrib non-free
> | 
> | deb http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates main contrib non-free
> | deb-src http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates main contrib non-free
> `----
> 
> In the first three, if I just change the word `jessie' to `testing' will
> that work seemlessly or lead to problems?
> 
> I'm a little loath to just test it for fear of causing immediate
> problems, I mean testing beyond an `aptitude update' after changing all
> occurences of `jessie' to testing.
> 
> Running `aptitude update' with the changes in place does not produce
> any output that looks problematice (to me).  But maybe that is not a
> thorough test?

At the moment, jessie is testing, so no change would be expected.
However, I've just checked to make sure all my source lists say
jessie, not testing. In 9 days time, testing could get like the wild
west because it will track stretch, not jessie. It doesn't sound like
you want that.

Cheers,
David.