On Sat 09 May 2020 at 12:12:08 +0200, Jean-Philippe MENGUAL wrote: > Le 09/05/2020 à 09:44, J.Arun Mani a écrit :
[Good advice snipped] > > deb http://deb.debian.org/debian <http://deb.debian.org/debian> testing main > > deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian <http://deb.debian.org/debian> > > testing main > > ``` > > Then I got some 1 GB of updates and I installed those. So far so good, > > but now I'm having a rest-less heart that I did something wrong. I feel > > like I should have stayed in "stable". This now troubles me. > > Too late := Indeed you now are under testing intead of stable. You will have > more recent packages and more frequent updates. In general testing works all > right, but you are not as protected against potential bugs as stable, > because testing is a repo for testing. And fixes come about 10 days later, > the time to be accepted and tested in unstable deb http://deb.debian.org/debian testing main I would consider changing "testing" to "bullseye". That way, when testing eventually becomes the new stable, you will no longer be using the testing distribution. deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian testing main Unless you are building (compiling) packages, you could delete this line. > > The question is, shall I revert back to "stable"? > > No, would be impossible and catastrophic. Either re-install, or try testing > now, could be good for you. Reverting a such big upgrade is impossible (or > very difficult and unsafe) Staying on bullseye is not likely to be such a disastrous move. -- Brian.
