ok, i'm still relatively new to debian.  how do i upgrade X to 4.0?
i assume it's something along the lines of:

1. edit /etc/apt/sources.list; copy and paste to change:

deb ftp://ftp.ca.debian.org/debian/ potato main non-free contrib
deb-src ftp://ftp.ca.debian.org/debian/ potato main non-free contrib
deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US potato/non-US main contrib non-free
deb-src http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US potato/non-US main contrib non-free

to say "woody".  this will give me both potato and woody packages.

2. run dselect.  choose update.  get new packages.

3. uninstall 3.3.6 (how do i do this without uninstalling all the packages
that depend on X?  dselect seems to automatically take care of dependencies,
which is not what i want if i uninstall X).

4. install 4.0


is this about right?

pete

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