Re: What will happens when sarge becomes stable?

From: Roberto Sanchez (rcsanchez97_at_yahoo.es)
Date: 12/16/04

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To: feanor7 <feanor7@superig.com.br>, debian-user@lists.debian.org

    feanor7 wrote:
    > Hi, I have some Debian Woody servers running in production environment.
    > All is going fine and I'm very happy with Debian. I'm following the
    > sarge progress and that is the reason of my question.
    >
    > Actually my servers have cron-apt installed and every night they do
    > "apt-get update". At morning I check the possible changes and decide
    > which packages should be upgraded. Most of time I do a "apt-get
    > dist-upgrade" and life continues.
    >
    Same here.

    > My /etc/apt/sources.list points to stable.
    A few months ago I changed all occurrences of stable to woody. That
    way I would not be caught by surprise.
    >
    > But when the great day arrives, and sarge becomes stable, what will
    > happens when "apt-get dist-upgrade" runs? I'm afraid that all systems
    > will be forced to a massive software upgrade (kernel-image, mysql, exim
    > ...) and some incompatible configuration could break my applications.
    If you have changed your sources to point to woody then nothing will
    happen. You can change them to sarge at your leisure. If they still
    point to stable, then you will get all the new packages. The only
    mistake in your thinking is with regard to kernel-image. IIRC, that
    is not upgraded to a different version unless you explicitly tell it
    to. I.e., if you have kernel-image-2.4.18-1-686. You won't get
    a 2.4.27 kernel, unless you tell it to install that version. Naturally,
    updates your kernel will still be installed for security patches.

    Additionally, the Debian security will continue security support for
    Woody for 6 to 12 months after the release of Sarge.
    >
    > There is any suggestion or documention to follow in that case?
    Not sure about specific documentation regarding the dist-upgrade,
    but rest assured that the release team is hard work making certain
    that the dist-upgrade process goes as smoothly as possible for
    everyone.
    >
    > I never saw a debian branch change, so I don't know what expect.
    Neither have I, but I am anxiously lookig forward to it.
    >
    > Thanks for help!
    > feanor7
    >
    >
    -Roberto Sanchez 

    


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