Cindy-Sue Causey wrote: ... > I did finally figuratively "run away" while very literally "shrieking" > one day because there were SO MANY upgrades. I wasn't able to do both > that and the advocacy that MUST be done from behind this keyboard > right now. That just doesn't work on dialup... unfortunately... or I > would still be on testing.. :)
i used to use the debdelta package/service to speed things up and it did help quite a bit for certain packages but i have no idea if it is really kept up any longer. > The first time I did testing was for Stretch. That happened to be at > the end of the cycle just before it became stable. It spoiled me. > Upgrades are much rarer at that point because Developers have > consciously put a hold on any new tweaks so as to have a product > that's legitimately ready to wear the tag "stable". > > Something like that... :) > > BECAUSE things are getting ready to roll over again sooner than later, > I decided this week to try another testing debootstrap. In fact, let's > do that right now. See ya! Can't do that and chat online at the same > time, either, dialup yada-yada.. :D > > Cindy :) ok, so perhaps the above may help, or not, i don't think it costs much to use/install. songbird
