Hey there, I don't want to just add a meme here, but someone give this man a medal. On 2021-06-15 18:03, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > > If you want to update to what is _currently_ Debian testing - now is a > relatively safe time to do so because it's in a state of freeze before it > is released as Debian 11. Look at the release notes for Bullseye and the > posts on Debian Planet for "what's new in Bullseye" and update carefully. > [Change /etc/apt/sources.list to suit: apt-get update ; apt-get upgrade ; > apt-get autoremove ; apt-get dist-upgrade ; apt-get autoremove is one > sequence that will get you there. > > if you want to upgrade to what will be the new Testing, I'd honestly suggest > waiting six weeks or so, upgrading to Bullseye as it comes out and _then_ > upgrading to Bookworm. The above is the best advice anyone could get in regards to upgrading to testing or not. > Just my €0.02 Honestly worth a lot more. There are a lot of people that are not that familiar with Debian, and sometimes it's comprehensible that they don't look for search engines right away; a lot of times the answers that come up on a search apply to derivatives. Ubuntu is so ubiquitous these days that I've seen plenty of people that just follow instructions meant for it, but under Debian. So it's (from a certain point of view) comendable that they come to this list instead. After all this is _the_ Debian User Group; and it's sad that sometimes they are met with less-than-tolerant responses. Although I can completely understand (and to some extent, relate to) the way some people feel when a discussion list is sometimes treated as a support desk, a more welcoming response is more likely to create a more conscientious Debian user. That was MY €0.02. Cheers, Francisco
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