On Ma, 23 mar 21, 07:52:52, The Wanderer wrote: > On 2021-03-23 at 07:43, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > > I think the request was really "Please tell us how to use this > > buster-proposed-updates thing, which I've never heard of before." > > > > Here's a wiki page: <https://wiki.debian.org/StableProposedUpdates> > > However, I would not follow its advice literally. You *never* want > > to put the word "stable" in your sources.list. You want to put the > > actual name of a release instead. > > That depends on what your update patterns are. It's probably generally > good advice, but it's certainly not universal. Agreed. I seem to remember some postings from users that had 'stable' on purpose in their sources.list. > > So, wherever the wiki says to use stable-proposed-updates, please > > use buster-proposed-updates instead. > > This is generally reasonable, however. My update pattern is unlikely to > be typical, and might be considered a special use-case. Also, those who do have 'stable' in their APT package sources will know to use 'stable' for -updates and -proposed-updates as well, so the wiki should probably be changed. Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser
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