On Sat, 13 May 2017 13:44:13 -1000 Joel Roth <[email protected]> wrote:
> Harald Arnesen wrote: > > Steve Litt [2017-05-13 17:03]: > > > > > I never dist-upgrade. From what I hear, it breaks things. If I > > > feel the need to dist-upgrade, it's probably time to back up, > > > reformat the disks, and clean-install a later version. > > > > If you can't dist-upgrade, it's probably time to find another > > distribution. > > I triggered this discussion by mentioning dist-upgrade, > however dist-upgrade isn't relevant to solving problems with > Jessie. > > I was recalling previous experience with the infinitely > rolling updates of *unstable*, where a two-step process of > upgrade then dist-upgrade was less likely to break things than > dist-upgrade alone. > > I stand by my original suggestion: that reportbug could help > reduce the noise of bug reports on outdated packges > by advising users to 'apt-get upgrade' (or in the case of > unstable 'apt-get upgrade' followed by 'apt-get > dist-upgrade') and rechecking the behavior before > filing. Yeah, not only that, but except when using a rolling release, I'm a huge fan of clean reinstalls. I view them as spring cleaning, and if I do them every 6 months that's fine with me. SteveT Steve Litt May 2017 featured book: Twenty Eight Tales of Troubleshooting http://www.troubleshooters.com/28 _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list [email protected] https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
