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And every time you upgrade to the next major release, you start again from square one because the requirements of your software have changed. You get it to work

And every time you upgrade to the next major release, you start again from square one because the requirements of your software have changed. You get it to work and things seem to be fine. Over time, you start noticing things that are subtly broken, until something just fails completely and doesn't work. The fix turns out to be trivial when you give it another go two days later, but at the time it happened you really didn't have the nerve to deal with it right then. After two dist upgrades, you realize that this approach isn't workable.

PrimeMcFly 3y ago
> And every time you upgrade to the next major release, you start again from square one because the requirements of your software have changed. Nah. That's a huge exaggeration. Most software doesn't change its base behavior like that and certainly not with every new release, and certainly browsers don't.
bayindirh 3y ago
Well, I have two Debian desktop installations. One is six, the other one is ten years old. I never had a problem with either. This is without adding the numerous servers which I just install and forget, and they work without any problems for years. edit: Yes, they're dist-upgraded all the time.