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I'm using jessie on my laptop and i am wondering what to do for the release switch. Should i change to "testing" now or stay on jessie, which becomes stable, an

by buster 12y ago

I'm using jessie on my laptop and i am wondering what to do for the release switch. Should i change to "testing" now or stay on jessie, which becomes stable, and switch to the next testing later?

nkuttler 12y ago
That's really up to you. If you need your laptop to function, it's probably a good idea to stay on the newly released Jessie for a few weeks or months. After a release developers usually push major upgrades into the reposistories. That tends to break stuff.
jws 12y ago
I stay with the toy story named releases. That way I never get a surprise upgrade when the meaning of "testing" changes. You almost never want that, since when the name changes it is the early days of testing. Later when I need something from the next release, I'll upgrade to its name.
- deleted 12y ago
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- sophacles 12y ago
  Sid is a toy story character :P
  - pilif 12y ago
    That's fine, because sid is basically always the firehose of new packages. sid is always equivalent to unstable, so neither matters. But "testing" is dynamic. Before the release it's lenny, after the release it'll surprise-upgrade itself to whatever sid was at the branching point.
  - geppetto 12y ago
    also https://wiki.debian.org/DebianUnstable#Which_Toy_Story_character_is_Sid.3F https://wiki.debian.org/DebianUnstable#Which_Toy_Story_chara...
- Siecje 12y ago
  Aren't they all Toy Story named releases?
  - rahimnathwani 12y ago
    I think he means that he has 'jessie' listed in sources.list, rather than 'testing'. The latter will refer to a different version when jessie becomes stable, and again when the next one becomes stable.
- porker 12y ago
  Ohh, the naming suddenly makes more sense... though I'm entirely unfamiliar with Toy Story, Is there any way to tell (from the names) which are newer versions of Debian? Personally, give me version numbers any day ;)
  - stevekemp 12y ago
    Take a look at /etc/os-release, or /etc/debian_version for version numbers. Otherwise you'll need to look at Wikipedia for the list. Recently the releases have been: etch, lenny, squeeze, wheezy, and now jessie.
    - toupeira 12y ago
      Or simply consult the Debian website https://www.debian.org/releases/ https://www.debian.org/releases/
  - undersuit 12y ago
    No easy way exists like in Ubuntus' steady progress of alliteration through the alphabet. https://www.debian.org/releases/ https://www.debian.org/releases/ lists the releases by codename and version number all the way back to 2.0/hamm. At least you don't use Toy Story for your work computer naming scheme like my company.

by buster 12y ago

I'm using jessie on my laptop and i am wondering what to do for the release switch. Should i change to "testing" now or stay on jessie, which becomes stable, and switch to the next testing later?

nkuttler 12y ago

That's really up to you. If you need your laptop to function, it's probably a good idea to stay on the newly released Jessie for a few weeks or months. After a release developers usually push major upgrades into the reposistories. That tends to break stuff.

jws 12y ago

I stay with the toy story named releases. That way I never get a surprise upgrade when the meaning of "testing" changes. You almost never want that, since when the name changes it is the early days of testing. Later when I need something from the next release, I'll upgrade to its name.

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sophacles 12y ago
Sid is a toy story character :P
- pilif 12y ago
  That's fine, because sid is basically always the firehose of new packages. sid is always equivalent to unstable, so neither matters. But "testing" is dynamic. Before the release it's lenny, after the release it'll surprise-upgrade itself to whatever sid was at the branching point.
- geppetto 12y ago
  also https://wiki.debian.org/DebianUnstable#Which_Toy_Story_character_is_Sid.3F https://wiki.debian.org/DebianUnstable#Which_Toy_Story_chara...
Siecje 12y ago
Aren't they all Toy Story named releases?
- rahimnathwani 12y ago
  I think he means that he has 'jessie' listed in sources.list, rather than 'testing'. The latter will refer to a different version when jessie becomes stable, and again when the next one becomes stable.
porker 12y ago
Ohh, the naming suddenly makes more sense... though I'm entirely unfamiliar with Toy Story, Is there any way to tell (from the names) which are newer versions of Debian? Personally, give me version numbers any day ;)
- stevekemp 12y ago
  Take a look at /etc/os-release, or /etc/debian_version for version numbers. Otherwise you'll need to look at Wikipedia for the list. Recently the releases have been: etch, lenny, squeeze, wheezy, and now jessie.
  - toupeira 12y ago
    Or simply consult the Debian website https://www.debian.org/releases/ https://www.debian.org/releases/
- undersuit 12y ago
  No easy way exists like in Ubuntus' steady progress of alliteration through the alphabet. https://www.debian.org/releases/ https://www.debian.org/releases/ lists the releases by codename and version number all the way back to 2.0/hamm. At least you don't use Toy Story for your work computer naming scheme like my company.