reopen 174335 reassign 174335 www.debian.org thanks Debian Bug Tracking System wrote: >WTF? You want to install Distribution B with Installer from A. What is >so hard to understand this?
I accept that my mental model of Debian was inaccurate. I still claim that this is due to a documentation bug. However, on reexamining things I think the bug is in Debian's website. My view of what I was doing was "I want to install Debian (testing); I'll use the Debian installer (which isn't in the testing directory, it happens to only be in the stable directory).". It seems that the different releases of Debian are more independent than I'd been aware of. What would have avoided my confusion would be a note in the release list or the installation manual (preferably both) explicitly saying "The testing distribution cannot be installed directly; install stable and then upgrade.". I can't currently find on the website any indication that testing differs from stable in any respect other than the maturity of the code. -zefram -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
