On 30/10/2023 10:28, Osamu Aoki wrote:
On Thu, 2023-09-21 at 21:56 +0700, Max Nikulin wrote:
On 18/09/2023 20:12, Osamu Aoki wrote:
APT::Default-Release "testing";
I think this don't drive people to set this to "stable" as much.
From my point of view it is a bit better, but hardly noticeable. And it
is still misleading for Debian users since testing has security updates
as well, thus not so trivial regexp is preferred. apt.conf(5) has more
examples, but neither of them is close to what might be used in real life:
Although, repository for testing security updates exists, it is hardly used in
practice.
I feel some kind of miscommunication here. I was trying to say that
APT::Default-Release "stable";
prevents updates from stable-security (bookworm-security). This
repository is rather important, it is configured by installer, it is
mentioned in various docs, e.g.
https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch02.en.html#_debian_archive_basics
deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security main
non-free-firmware contrib non-free
I would not call it "hardly used". I agree that testing-security
repository is currently empty, but I assume, it may not be so during
late freeze stages. Moreover, having example for "testing", users may
try to blindly apply it for "stable".
Updated text:
The target release archive can be set by the command line option, e.g.,
"apt-get
install -t testing some-package"
Thank you for improving of the docs. I consider the issue as fixed.
