Re: updating debian 8 (jessie) stable to permanent testing - SOLVED?
On 1/26/16, John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> wrote:
> 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
>
>
After carefully considering the warm, supportive, heartfelt posts of
support and encouragement in this and the other thread, I decided that
maybe testing isn't for me.
So I upgraded to unstable.
Let the breakage begin!
Uptime: 1:53 . . . and no breakage yet. Jealous? :-)
-- said the Gmail user.
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