Holger Wansing <hwans...@mailbox.org> writes:
>> When following that link, the article says to do an “apt update” then >> neglects to tell users to perform the upgrade. > > Moreover, we have "This should only be necessary in specific situations." in > this chapter appendix A [1], while we recommend to upgrade to the latest point > release of stable in 4.2.2 [2]. > > [1] > https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/release-notes/ap-old-stuff.en.html#old-upgrade > [2] > https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/release-notes/ch-upgrading.en.html#upgrade-to-latest-point-release > We should remove that phrase completely. Agree that makes it better - I think that whole chapter [2] could be improved. eg Upgrading to a point release should be in the main body not hidden in an appendix eg the bit about debug shells always mystifies me - what would i do if any of the so-called "basic" checks failed? seems like just linking to a "how to recover a broken system" at the end would be a better approach? eg the title "prepare for recovery" section is really unfortunate -- makes it seem like upgrading debian is going to be somehigh-risk operation that is likely to go wrong! every time i upgrade i skim this section and find myself suspecting that some of the information would be better in a different order, but i never remember to investigate further A bit of editing would probably make it both shorter and clearer