On Sun, Jun 11, 2023 at 10:37:45PM +0100, David Wright wrote: > On Sun 11 Jun 2023 at 05:58:50 (-0400), songbird wrote: > > Tixy wrote: > > > On Sat, 2023-06-10 at 23:55 -0400, Jeffrey Walton wrote: > > >> Debian's wiki says to use apt-get: > > >> https://wiki.debian.org/DebianUpgrade. Also see > > >> https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-faq/uptodate.html . > > >> > > >> Maybe it's time for a complete refresh of those documents. > > > > > > Or maybe the wiki page should be deleted, or just say go RTFM, i.e. > > > read the release notes for the release you want to upgrade to. > > > > except that is a misconception for those who are running > > testing. we're not upgrading to a new release. > > I don't understand. Suite testing was codenamed bookworm until today, > and now testing is codenamed trixie. Why is that not a new release?
The overwhelming majority of people who track testing think that it's a rolling release. It's not. It's actually a series of evolving release candidates, with periods of great disruption interspersed with periods of relative calm. You're clearing replying to someone who thinks it's a single rolling release, so set your expectations accordingly.
