Re: switching flavors

From	Frank M <debianlist@videotron.ca>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: switching flavors
Date	2017-06-04 18:10 +0200
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On 06/03/2017 11:11 PM, Gary Dale wrote:
> On 03/06/17 08:59 PM, Frank M wrote:
>> I am running Debian Stretch, and like to change to Sid.
>>
>> Can I just change my sources.list to unstable and upgrade?
>>
>> I have run Sid before and am prepared to deal with some breakage
>
> Yes, although I'd do a dist-upgrade (or full-upgrade if using aptitude).
>
> Based on some earlier problems with Stretch and the discussions around 
> it, I'm not sure that sid is necessarily less stable. Apparently they 
> dump stuff into Stretch without anyone actually checking to see that 
> it can work with other Stretch libraries.
>

Thanks Gary. Will do later today.

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  Re: switching flavors Gary Dale <garydale@torfree.net> - 2017-06-04 05:20 +0200
    Re: switching flavors Davor Balder <davor@cropakglobal.com> - 2017-06-04 08:30 +0200
      Re: switching flavors SDA <marathon.durandal@gmail.com> - 2017-06-04 18:30 +0200
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        Re: switching flavors Frank M <debianlist@videotron.ca> - 2017-06-04 20:10 +0200
        Re: switching flavors Davor Balder <davor@cropakglobal.com> - 2017-06-04 23:50 +0200
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  Re: switching flavors Frank M <debianlist@videotron.ca> - 2017-06-04 18:10 +0200

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