Re: Apt sources.list
On Sun 16 Apr 2023 at 07:14:31 (+0200), Frank wrote:
> Op 15-04-2023 om 22:15 schreef Andrew M.A. Cater:
> > On Sat, Apr 15, 2023 at 08:14:11PM +0100, Brian wrote:
> > > On Sat 15 Apr 2023 at 16:45:40 +0000, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
> > >
> > > > I would suggest that you remain on bookworm until bookworm is released as
> > > > stable. At that point (and only then) change bookworm to trixie and carry
> > > > on. As soon as bookworm is released, there will be massive churn.
> > >
> > > OK. But how is testing one day before the release of bookworm significantly
> > > different from trixie a day afterwards?
> >
> > "Testing" one day before bookworm release -> bookworm.
> >
> > On release day, bookworm -> "stable", "unstable" -> testing == trixie
> > Trixie is copied, essentially as the kickstarter for new "unstable".
> > "Unstable" == Forky.
> >
> > The pent up changes that have been waiting while the freeze has been on
> > all come out at once, potentially.
> >
> > It might not be very much, but it could be a bunch of stuff, size, effects
> > unknown. Bookworm has been frozen-ish since January ...
>
> Yet if the OP intends to stay with testing, switching now would be
> fine. Or do you seriously believe moving from bookworm (old testing)
> to trixie (new testing) would have a different effect to staying with
> testing while it moves from bookworm to trixie? The flood of packages
> after the freeze ends would be the same either way.
Yes, there's a difference: the changeover date is of your choosing.
(Or, in my case, it would be six changeover dates.)
Cheers,
David.
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