Debian Sid updates

2019-02-23 Thread Frank McCormick
I am running Debian Sid and have not had any updates for a couple of days. I gather this is because of the upcoming release of Buster? I have read some advice on the net that I should change my sources list to point to Buster to avoid a cascade of updates. Is this advisable ? Thanks -- Frank

Re: Debian Sid updates

2019-02-23 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Sat, Feb 23, 2019 at 09:44:55AM -0500, Frank McCormick wrote: > I am running Debian Sid and have not had any updates for a couple of days. I > gather this is because of the upcoming release of Buster? The soft freeze started a few days ago, so I would expect a significant decline in the pace of

Re: Debian Sid updates

2019-02-23 Thread Frank McCormick
On 2/23/19 10:05 AM, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: On Sat, Feb 23, 2019 at 09:44:55AM -0500, Frank McCormick wrote: I am running Debian Sid and have not had any updates for a couple of days. I gather this is because of the upcoming release of Buster? The soft freeze started a few days ago, so I

Re: Debian Sid updates

2019-02-23 Thread Default User
On Sat, Feb 23, 2019, 10:12 Frank McCormick wrote: > > > On 2/23/19 10:05 AM, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: > > On Sat, Feb 23, 2019 at 09:44:55AM -0500, Frank McCormick wrote: > >> I am running Debian Sid and have not had any updates for a couple of > days. I > >> gather this is because of the upcom

Re: Debian Sid updates

2019-02-23 Thread Frank McCormick
On 2/23/19 11:15 AM, Default User wrote: On Sat, Feb 23, 2019, 10:12 Frank McCormick > wrote: On 2/23/19 10:05 AM, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: > On Sat, Feb 23, 2019 at 09:44:55AM -0500, Frank McCormick wrote: >> I am running Debian Sid and hav

Re: Debian Sid updates

2019-02-23 Thread John Hasler
Good advice from Roberto. Also, I run Sid but do *not* upgrade frequently. Works fine. I just keep an eye on on the development and security lists so that I know when it is safe and/or prudent to upgrade. Blindly "tracking" Sid can get you in trouble. Don't forget that packages (including new v

Re: Debian Sid updates

2019-02-23 Thread Frank McCormick
On 2/23/19 12:22 PM, John Hasler wrote: Good advice from Roberto. Also, I run Sid but do *not* upgrade frequently. Works fine. I just keep an eye on on the development and security lists so that I know when it is safe and/or prudent to upgrade. Blindly "tracking" Sid can get you in trouble.

Re: Debian Sid updates

2019-02-23 Thread Joe
On Sat, 23 Feb 2019 11:15:09 -0500 Default User wrote: > On Sat, Feb 23, 2019, 10:12 Frank McCormick > wrote: > > > > > > > On 2/23/19 10:05 AM, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: > > > On Sat, Feb 23, 2019 at 09:44:55AM -0500, Frank McCormick wrote: > > >> I am running Debian Sid and have not had a

Re: Debian Sid updates

2019-02-23 Thread John Hasler
I wrote apt-get out of habit. Apt has now absorbed all of apt-get's features and is the end-user tool. It could break backward compatibility in the future if that seems warranted. Apt-get is for scripts and will remain backward-compatible if possible. Thus it makes no difference which you use,

Re: Debian Sid updates

2019-02-24 Thread Frank McCormick
On 2/23/19 5:34 PM, John Hasler wrote: I wrote apt-get out of habit. Apt has now absorbed all of apt-get's features and is the end-user tool. It could break backward compatibility in the future if that seems warranted. Apt-get is for scripts and will remain backward-compatible if possible.