Re: Should I enable "testing"
Le 09/05/2020 à 09:44, J.Arun Mani a écrit :
Hi
Out of some curiosity, I enabled "testing" repo last night. So I my
/etc/apt/sources.list looks like this:
```
# See https://wiki.debian.org/SourcesList
<https://wiki.debian.org/SourcesList> for more information.
deb http://deb.debian.org/debian <http://deb.debian.org/debian> buster main
deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian <http://deb.debian.org/debian>
buster main
2 previous lines to be removed, now useless
deb http://deb.debian.org/debian <http://deb.debian.org/debian>
buster-updates main
deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian <http://deb.debian.org/debian>
buster-updates main
idem
deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security/
<http://security.debian.org/debian-security/> buster/updates main
deb-src http://security.debian.org/debian-security/
<http://security.debian.org/debian-security/> buster/updates main
idem
deb http://deb.debian.org/debian <http://deb.debian.org/debian> testing main
deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian <http://deb.debian.org/debian>
testing main
```
Then I got some 1 GB of updates and I installed those. So far so good,
but now I'm having a rest-less heart that I did something wrong. I feel
like I should have stayed in "stable". This now troubles me.
Too late := Indeed you now are under testing intead of stable. You will
have more recent packages and more frequent updates. In general testing
works all right, but you are not as protected against potential bugs as
stable, because testing is a repo for testing. And fixes come about 10
days later, the time to be accepted and tested in unstable
The question is, shall I revert back to "stable"?
No, would be impossible and catastrophic. Either re-install, or try
testing now, could be good for you. Reverting a such big upgrade is
impossible (or very difficult and unsafe)
If yes, how can I do it? Possibly uninstall those new packages and
downgrade to stable ones.
Re-install
Regards
Please help me out
J Arun Mani
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