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Re: [LUG] debian code names

 

On Fri, 16 Jul 2010 22:31:11 +0100
Simon Waters <simon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Neil Williams wrote:
> > 
> > However, what is the point of such a process? Just to while away the
> > long summer evenings?
> 
> Especially when testing the Lenny -> Squeeze upgrade might even be
> helpful around now and doesn't require abusing archive.debian.org

Lenny is still available, what's moved to archive.d.o is Etch. The Etch
to Lenny testing is as complete as it's ever going to get. Etch to
Squeeze is not directly supported (or tested) because oldstable is
always empty before testing can be frozen to become the new stable.

> Leave "archive" for the benefit of the poor sod who has just inherits a
> site full of ancient Debian servers and needs to do that upgrade path
> for real to save his sanity.

If the servers are running, the Etch packages are only necessary if the
servers haven't been updated in ages, causing a need to update to the
final point update of Etch before changing the sources over to Lenny -
or if the server admin has been a file-space junkie and set
apt/aptitude to constantly clean out the apt cache. Still allows a
piecemeal update, you don't have to do dist-upgrade. Often best to
upgrade the core stuff first, make sure the system is still sane and
then do the dist-upgrade.

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