RE: Need help from Debian pros!

>Do I have to do a dist-upgrade at some point to stay with testing?
>
>
>You should be doing dist-upgrades at least once in a while if you're
>tracking testing or unstable. I do upgrade and dist-upgrade almost
every
>day on my testing machines. I seldom have problems.
>
>
>
>Minor point I have made on the list before. Running dist-upgrade
especially on testing and unstable can be VERY dangerous if you are not
tracking the
>development of Debian. Look through the archives of this list alone to
see the number of people that come crying after performing that
operation and walk
>away not liking Debian. Hans is 100% correct that it does need to be
run once in a while to get the "good stuff". I strongly suggest first
running apt-
>get upgrade then doing an apt-get -u dist-upgrade and see what packages
it wants to pull. Possibly even research and make sure they don't have
massive
>crippling bugs filed against them. ; )
>
>Also, do as Hans says and use sarge instead of testing in your sources
list. This will make for a smoother transition.
>
>-Derek



Install apt-listbugs:
http://packages.debian.org/unstable/admin/apt-listbugs

This will let you see what you can do safely and pick what goes in or
doesn't...

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