2009/7/8 Jochen Schulz <m...@well-adjusted.de>: > Andrew M.A. Cater: >> >> Upgrades between releases >> ========================= >> >> You'll hear lots of views on this. SUBJECTIVE OPINION FOLLOWS:GUT >> FEELING AND EXPERIENCE IN EQUAL PARTS. Ubuntu is harder to upgrade >> cleanly between releases and it may actually be quicker to reinstall. >> You certainly can't skip a release so you'd need to do 8.04, 8.10, >> 9.04, 9.10 (for example). This is partly a consequence of short release >> cycles above. Debian is _far_ more polished here /SUBJECTIVE > > JFTR: Debian doesn't support skipping releases on upgrades either. If > want to to upgrade a woody system to lenny, you have to upgrade to sarge > first. But of course this is less of an issue since Debian doesn't > release that often. > > And I think (without being sure) that you can always upgrade from one > Ubuntu LTS release to the next, skipping the intermediate non-LTS > releases. > > J. > -- > Ultimately, the Millenium Dome is a spectacular monument of the > doublethink of our times. > [Agree] [Disagree] > <http://www.slowlydownward.com/NODATA/data_enter2.html> > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) > > iEYEARECAAYFAkpUaeUACgkQ+AfZydWK2zmtCwCgsaIB1kvgDu3RMbVCIZB6cK/y > OCAAn2X0nOG4TkfSt/IRLxUViuI4+VAU > =guid > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > >
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