Re: updating debian 8 (jessie) stable to permanent testing
On Sun, Jan 24, 2016 at 10:34:09PM -0500, Francis Gerund wrote:
> >>
> >> -- or, would something else be better?
> >>
> >
> > Something else would be better- not using jessie-backports. If you're
> > already using testing, enabling jessie-backports is pointless and will
> > put you halfway into FrankenDebian territory. Beware.
> >
> > I would do something like this:
> >
> > deb http://http.debian.net/debian testing main
> > deb http://http.debian.net/debian testing-updates main
> > deb http://security.debian.org testing/updates main
Umm,
deb http://http.debian.net/debian testing main contrib non-free
etc would be better.
> Hi.
>
> I am not using testing - yet. Here is the current /etc/apt/sources.list :
> Is this about right, to convert from stable to permanent testing? Or
> has having backports enabled already made it not doable?
Sorry, but I question your reasoning for switching to testing. If you
have to ask questions like this then you may have a hard time of time
it, after all, it is called testing for a reason.
If it's just for one package, then check to see it the testing deb can
be installed in Jessie, I just did that to pgn-extract, and it installed
like a charm.
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