Brian: > On Fri 10 Feb 2017 at 10:43:00 +0000, GiaThnYgeia wrote: > > [We are are talking about some using the testing distribution]. > >> I did not upgrade this time, just left it where it is as "if it ain't >> broke don't fix it" wondering why this is. I think the uneasiness comes >> from the feeling of not being able to revert things once they have been >> broken. > > You have volunteered to test testing; please take it seriously. You will > have to upgrade sometime, if only to get to stable when it is released,
Yes, you are right and I am conscious of this obligation. Only, with the previous discussion on the same thread, I thought I may have done something wrong and this was the consequence. I did upgrade and with no noticeable effects - yet! I have noticed some partial slow down in the booting routine lately, I don't know whether it is normal or not. it seemed as it had been improved between jessie and stretch then seemed slightly longer lately. Not very significant of an issue. I check and carry upgrades twice daily lately. I'm getting ready a second box where I can have an equivalent built and test things 1-2 days ahead my main box. Down-time is expensive if work that pays the bills comes from a single machine. > Hello, > Take a look at Synaptic Menu you can select a package and then go to > Package > Force Version, you can only force one package at a time > but, yes you can downgrade. I can down grade a couple hundred > packages without much problem, depends on the user. This is good to know if one can get back to synaptic after things fall apart. I have tried this once with a non debian package and worked once but I had read somewhere that I couldn't or I shouldn't and took it as a rule. You are saying that one can go from a higher edition of debian back to a lower edition, or are we talking about package versions within the same edition? Like if you dislike libreoffice5 and want to go back to 4** I don't see how can this be done by synaptic, unless you remove 5 and download or apt-get a specific package from Libre. > -- > Jimmy Johnson Katrin
