Re: Debian home page -> Download link broken:
On Sun, Jun 11, 2023 at 10:37:45PM +0100, David Wright wrote:
> On Sun 11 Jun 2023 at 05:58:50 (-0400), songbird wrote:
> > Tixy wrote:
> > > On Sat, 2023-06-10 at 23:55 -0400, Jeffrey Walton wrote:
> > >> Debian's wiki says to use apt-get:
> > >> https://wiki.debian.org/DebianUpgrade. Also see
> > >> https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-faq/uptodate.html ;.
> > >>
> > >> Maybe it's time for a complete refresh of those documents.
> > >
> > > Or maybe the wiki page should be deleted, or just say go RTFM, i.e.
> > > read the release notes for the release you want to upgrade to.
> >
> > except that is a misconception for those who are running
> > testing. we're not upgrading to a new release.
>
> I don't understand. Suite testing was codenamed bookworm until today,
> and now testing is codenamed trixie. Why is that not a new release?
The overwhelming majority of people who track testing think that it's
a rolling release. It's not. It's actually a series of evolving
release candidates, with periods of great disruption interspersed with
periods of relative calm.
You're clearing replying to someone who thinks it's a single rolling
release, so set your expectations accordingly.
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