> not use "apt-get dist-upgrade", and use "dselect" instead. Just for > yucks, I suggest that you try taking a naive user and see if they can > upgrade a Potato system to Woddy using any means you suggest, whether > it be apt-get or dselect. The only rule is once they get started, > you're not allowed to help them out. That means no giving them hints > about how you need to edit /etc/X11/fs/config, etc., or figuring out > arcane key bindings, or making "one-line" changes to xdm configuration > files. Let them see if they can figure it out on their own, or how > many hours it takes before they can find the relevant information in > either some HOWTO or Debian-provided documentation. I suspect that > anyone who tries this experiment will find it a very painful > experience.
I did. It wasnt that bad. But then again I am more stuborn than most :) -Scott Henson
