On Sat, 23 Feb 2019 11:15:09 -0500 Default User <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 23, 2019, 10:12 Frank McCormick <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > > On 2/23/19 10:05 AM, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: > > > On Sat, Feb 23, 2019 at 09:44:55AM -0500, Frank McCormick wrote: > > >> I am running Debian Sid and have not had any updates for a > > >> couple of > > days. I > > >> gather this is because of the upcoming release of Buster? > > > > > > The soft freeze started a few days ago, so I would expect a > > > significant decline in the pace of new uploads to unstable. > > > > > >> I have read some > > >> advice on the net that I should change my sources list to point > > >> to > > Buster to > > >> avoid a cascade of updates. Is this advisable ? > > >> > > > That approach is unlikely to work how you expect. In particular, > > > there many packages in unstable which have been removed from > > > buster and so will not be part of the release. If you have had > > > your sources pointed to "sid" and you change them to "buster" > > > there is a possibility you could end up with mix of packages from > > > unstable and testing. In some cases, when a package exists in > > > testing and a newer version in unstable has been kept out of > > > testing purpose, you may end up with the newer buggy version from > > > unstable and that may present problems for you. > > > > > > The two most sensible approaches you can take are: 1) stick with > > > unstable, or, 2) install fresh from a buster beta installer. > > > Which you choose depends on whether or not you eventually want to > > > end up on stable. > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > -Roberto > > > > > > > > > Thanks for the info. I'll stick with unstable for the moment. > > > > > > -- > > Frank McCormick > > > > > Frank, it's not your imagination. I run unstable also, and did notice > in last few days less and more infrequent updates, which I suspected > was because of the "freeze" process. > > (But just this morning, 43 updates, after zero last night.) And the > number of updates available should be related to how "lean" your > system is. > > I agree with Roberto: I do not see any point in mixing in stuff from > Buster with unstable. If you want unstable, and it works for you, > then run unstable. Period. > > Works for me. > > (NOTE: my opinion is free, and worth every penny!)
