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 > > 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. I've been procrastinating replacing my main machine's drive (laptop SSD), which I've really outgrown, with a larger one for a while already. The new drive is just sitting there, but I can't decide whether to go with a new install, and spend the time getting rid of stuff I really don't need (which will take more time than the actual install, as you say) and migrate configuration, or to just do what Felix suggests in another method in this thread and just clone partitions. Celejar
