On Monday 30 May 2005 03:36 pm, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > On Mon, May 30, 2005 at 03:24:28PM -0400, Hal Vaughan wrote: > > I have two production systems that I've been working with. Right now > > they are on Mepis while I'm testing. I want to change both over to > > straight Debian for stability. I know Sarge is due to be declared stable > > in about a week (could that change?), but it might be easier for me to > > install in the next day or two due to scheduling. Is there any benefit > > to waiting to install Sarge until after it goes stable? If so, I'll > > wait, but if there's no real reason, I'd rather install asap. (And yes, > > I'll be getting security updates.) > > No real reason to wait.
That's what I figured, but I've been on Linux long enough to know that when I'm trying something I haven't done before (like installing testing and sticking with it until it's stable), it's always best to check with specific questions for possible gotchas. (Yes, I know to set my sources to Sarge instead of testing.) > I have already switched over a couple of > lightly loaded production servers with no issues. The infrastructure is > already in place and the last few kinks are getting worked out. From what I hear, that's about what I expected. > You may > see the release pushed back, Always possible. That's why I was wondering whether I should install according to my schedule or Debian's schedule. > I consider that unlikely to happen again. > Everyone wants to see this release happen ASAP. > > Just realize, that up until a few weeks after release you will be seeing > a higher-than-normal number of updates. But I should be able to count on these updates being as reliable as regular updates to stable, shouldn't I? > Up until the actual release, > there will be RC bug fixes and documentation updates. After the > release, there will be a strong focus on getting at any lagging security > updates. After that, things should settle down nicely. I'm not worried about more updates. I expect that. I just want to be sure that it is already being treated like stable -- i.e. I can count on updates not breaking anything. Thanks! Hal
