Re: Should I enable "testing"
On Sat 09 May 2020 at 12:12:08 +0200, Jean-Philippe MENGUAL wrote:
> Le 09/05/2020 à 09:44, J.Arun Mani a écrit :
[Good advice snipped]
> > 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
deb http://deb.debian.org/debian testing main
I would consider changing "testing" to "bullseye". That way, when
testing eventually becomes the new stable, you will no longer be using
the testing distribution.
deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian testing main
Unless you are building (compiling) packages, you could delete this
line.
> > 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)
Staying on bullseye is not likely to be such a disastrous move.
--
Brian.
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