On Sun, 10 Jan 2021 21:54:41 +0200 Andrei POPESCU <andreimpope...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Du, 10 ian 21, 17:05:09, Joe wrote: > > On Sun, 10 Jan 2021 18:31:12 +0200 > > Andrei POPESCU <andreimpope...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > On Du, 10 ian 21, 04:44:03, Peter Ehlert wrote: > > > > > > > > On 1/9/21 5:04 PM, John Hasler wrote: > > > > > Carl Fink writes: > > > > > > I'm repeating the recommendation I've seen on this very > > > > > > list for decades. > > > > > It is an incorrect recommendation. Upgrading works well and > > > > > is supported and recommended by Debian. > > > > > > > > sometimes, but not always. I prefer Reinstall, it's painless > > > > > > The install? Sure. > > > > > > Migrating all your configurations to the new system? Less so. > > > > > > > Not just the configurations. Installing a couple of thousand > > packages will take some time, if you are unwilling to use a cloning > > method. > > With a few notable exceptions for me it's mostly enough to replicate > only the set of manually installed packages. > > Of course, on such occasions I do use the opportunity to review what > packages I still need, which usually takes more time than the actual > installation :D Indeed. I'm using the cacheing method of installing what I think I need, with the expectation of installing much more as actually required in the future. In Debian, it's fairly trivial to install a necessary package without holding up work for long. > > Eventually I intend to have that information in a configuration > management system (e.g. ansible), so that getting a new system > installed and fully configured is mostly automated. This is the second time I've installed this instance of sid, the only one that I currently use, in more than ten years. I don't feel it justifies too much effort to make the process quicker. -- Joe