On Sun 16 Apr 2023 at 07:14:31 (+0200), Frank wrote: > Op 15-04-2023 om 22:15 schreef Andrew M.A. Cater: > > On Sat, Apr 15, 2023 at 08:14:11PM +0100, Brian wrote: > > > On Sat 15 Apr 2023 at 16:45:40 +0000, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > > > > > > > I would suggest that you remain on bookworm until bookworm is released > > > > as > > > > stable. At that point (and only then) change bookworm to trixie and > > > > carry > > > > on. As soon as bookworm is released, there will be massive churn. > > > > > > OK. But how is testing one day before the release of bookworm > > > significantly > > > different from trixie a day afterwards? > > > > "Testing" one day before bookworm release -> bookworm. > > > > On release day, bookworm -> "stable", "unstable" -> testing == trixie > > Trixie is copied, essentially as the kickstarter for new "unstable". > > "Unstable" == Forky. > > > > The pent up changes that have been waiting while the freeze has been on > > all come out at once, potentially. > > > > It might not be very much, but it could be a bunch of stuff, size, effects > > unknown. Bookworm has been frozen-ish since January ... > > Yet if the OP intends to stay with testing, switching now would be > fine. Or do you seriously believe moving from bookworm (old testing) > to trixie (new testing) would have a different effect to staying with > testing while it moves from bookworm to trixie? The flood of packages > after the freeze ends would be the same either way.
Yes, there's a difference: the changeover date is of your choosing. (Or, in my case, it would be six changeover dates.) Cheers, David.
