Re: updating debian 8 (jessie) stable to permanent testing - SOLVED?

[John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com>]

I wrote:
> You do not need dist-upgrade in Stable.  The only changes to Stable are
> new versions of packages already in it.

Brian writes:
> You are not expecting a Jessie-and a-half, then?

> https://www.debian.org/News/2008/20080726

   Installation of these additional packages is not required and will
   not occur by default. This update represents no change to the support
   of previously available packages.

Thus no need for dist-upgrade on a running system.  The changes were to
support *new* installations on *new* hardware that might require the new
drivers.

Had you acquired new peripherals that required the new kernel you would
have simply installed the new kernel just as you would any other package
that you deleloped a need for.  Still no reason for dist-upgrade.

Dist-upgrade exists to deal with things like complex GNOME transitions,
new packages replacing old ones, new major versions of libraries, etc.
None of this ever happens in Stable.
-- 
John Hasler 
jhasler@newsguy.com
Elmwood, WI USA