Re: convert Jessie stable to pure testing
On Sun 07 Jun 2015 at 00:12:48 -0600, Bob Proulx wrote:
> Francis Gerund wrote:
> > FWIW, here is the new /etc/apt/sources.list:
> >
> > #
> >
> > # deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 8.0.0 _Jessie_ - Official Multi-architecture
> > amd64/i386 NETINST #1 20150$
> >
> > # deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 8.0.0 _Jessie_ - Official Multi-architecture
> > amd64/i386 NETINST #1 20150$
>
> FWIW I would delete those above lines. You have installed already.
> You will probably never use the cdrom again. Might as well clean
> those lines up by removing them.
I tend to be a tidiness freak too :). However, there are times when I
wish I had let my lazy side predominate. Say here: a few months later I
need to know what image I had downloaded or perhaps I want the deb line
CD format for a script. Just a thought.
> > Note that the Debian website did say to include the lines:
> >
> > deb http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main
> > deb-src http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main
>
> Debian recently started providing security upgrades for Testing.
At
http://secure-testing-master.debian.net/
we have
However, the majority of security fixes reach testing by migration
from unstable.
Security upgrades for testing is a good service but it is as well to
realise its limitations, This page is from about a month ago:
https://www.debian.org/releases/testing/
Please note that security updates for "testing" distribution are not
yet managed by the security team. Hence, "testing" does not get
security updates in a timely manner.
> > I'm surprised that the Debian website was not nore clear on how to change
> > from stabel to testing; it's an important procedure - and not exactly
> > obscure.
>
> Debian is about getting to a released version. Testing is not
> released. Stable is released. Most of the documentation is targeting
> the released version. Therefore not as much documentation about
> Testing. And again when runnning testing you are part of the
> development process. You should take notes and report bugs.
The first and last sentences are important. The raison d'être for Debian
is a stable release. Testing and unstable are fun ways of achieving that
objective. Participation in the process is not obligatory but it too can
be fun. Every decent and well-described bug report improves testing and
the upcoming stable. Everyone who takes part in improving the quality
of Stretch deserves our thanks.
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