On Sun 07 Jun 2015 at 00:12:48 -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: > Francis Gerund wrote: > > FWIW, here is the new /etc/apt/sources.list: > > > > # > > > > # deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 8.0.0 _Jessie_ - Official Multi-architecture > > amd64/i386 NETINST #1 20150$ > > > > # deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 8.0.0 _Jessie_ - Official Multi-architecture > > amd64/i386 NETINST #1 20150$ > > FWIW I would delete those above lines. You have installed already. > You will probably never use the cdrom again. Might as well clean > those lines up by removing them.
I tend to be a tidiness freak too :). However, there are times when I wish I had let my lazy side predominate. Say here: a few months later I need to know what image I had downloaded or perhaps I want the deb line CD format for a script. Just a thought. > > Note that the Debian website did say to include the lines: > > > > deb http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main > > deb-src http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main > > Debian recently started providing security upgrades for Testing. At http://secure-testing-master.debian.net/ we have However, the majority of security fixes reach testing by migration from unstable. Security upgrades for testing is a good service but it is as well to realise its limitations, This page is from about a month ago: https://www.debian.org/releases/testing/ Please note that security updates for "testing" distribution are not yet managed by the security team. Hence, "testing" does not get security updates in a timely manner. > > I'm surprised that the Debian website was not nore clear on how to change > > from stabel to testing; it's an important procedure - and not exactly > > obscure. > > Debian is about getting to a released version. Testing is not > released. Stable is released. Most of the documentation is targeting > the released version. Therefore not as much documentation about > Testing. And again when runnning testing you are part of the > development process. You should take notes and report bugs. The first and last sentences are important. The raison d'être for Debian is a stable release. Testing and unstable are fun ways of achieving that objective. Participation in the process is not obligatory but it too can be fun. Every decent and well-described bug report improves testing and the upcoming stable. Everyone who takes part in improving the quality of Stretch deserves our thanks. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/07062015190334.78046868d...@desktop.copernicus.demon.co.uk
