On 24-Oct-2001 Brian Nelson wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Shepherd) writes: > > Please wrap your lines at ~72 columns. > >> I haven't been using Debian long enough to experience a full new >> release. >> >> Currently I'm running 2.2r3 and my apt-sources point to 'stable'. >> >> When Woody is released as 3.0 and becomes Stable do I just so a >> "apt-get dist-upgrade"? > > Yup. >
technically, apt-get upgrade will work. dist-upgrade has a few more rules in it to make large upgrades go smoothly. >> Or do I need to do some kind of reinstall? > > Nope. > There have been Debian machines that have been updated for 5 years. In fact the joke among us Debian developers is that our installer is so bad because most of us only see it once. >> It would be cool if apt could handle it all. >> >> Also what happens if I choose to stay with 2.2r3, do I change >> apt-sources to point to 'potato'? > yes. However we eventually move old releases to an archive and stop updating them. Once woody becomes stable potato will likely change very little if at all.
