On 1/26/16, John Hasler <jhas...@newsguy.com> wrote: > I wrote: >> You do not need dist-upgrade in Stable. The only changes to Stable are >> new versions of packages already in it. > > Brian writes: >> You are not expecting a Jessie-and a-half, then? > >> https://www.debian.org/News/2008/20080726 > > Installation of these additional packages is not required and will > not occur by default. This update represents no change to the support > of previously available packages. > > Thus no need for dist-upgrade on a running system. The changes were to > support *new* installations on *new* hardware that might require the new > drivers. > > Had you acquired new peripherals that required the new kernel you would > have simply installed the new kernel just as you would any other package > that you deleloped a need for. Still no reason for dist-upgrade. > > Dist-upgrade exists to deal with things like complex GNOME transitions, > new packages replacing old ones, new major versions of libraries, etc. > None of this ever happens in Stable. > -- > John Hasler > jhas...@newsguy.com > Elmwood, WI USA > >
After carefully considering the warm, supportive, heartfelt posts of support and encouragement in this and the other thread, I decided that maybe testing isn't for me. So I upgraded to unstable. Let the breakage begin! Uptime: 1:53 . . . and no breakage yet. Jealous? :-) -- said the Gmail user.
