On Thu 24 Jul 2014 at 09:59:36 -0600, Paul E Condon wrote: [A little snip]
> Over the years I have developed little tricks to smooth over the > inevitable rough times in the transition to a new release. This time > is different. Before, when I sensed that a pre-release freeze was > immanent I would dist-upgrade to testing so that I would already be > using the new packages at the moment of official release. I think that is still a good plan; November 2014 would be a good time to think of implementing it. > Now I have > little confidence in this strategy, and instead I am hoping to survive > the chaos by sticking with Wheezy until that happy future time when > everyone using Jessie is happily singing its praise. Be resolute! Be bold! Plan ahead with November in mind. Read https://lists.debian.org/87mwc9gfsw....@xoog.err.no very, very carefully. If it is important to you keep an eye on what is happening in the systemd-shim world. > But when the time > comes for me to leave Wheezy behind, Jessie may very well be old and > nearing replacement. In which case, dist-upgrade to the testing > release of that future time may not be possible without intermediate > steps, and the transition will be by way of a full backup to external > HD followed by a clean install of whatever makes the most sense at > that future time. Deep down you feel this isn't a good idea. Go with your experience and instinct. November is forecast to be a good month for you. :) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140725134528.gd27...@copernicus.demon.co.uk
