On Sun, Sep 28, 2014 at 11:29:22AM -0400, Steve Litt wrote: > On Sun, 28 Sep 2014 23:50:45 +1300 > Chris Bannister <cbannis...@slingshot.co.nz> wrote: > > > On Sat, Sep 27, 2014 at 09:49:10PM -0400, Steve Litt wrote: > > > On Sat, 27 Sep 2014 18:32:38 -0400 > > > > Yes. I'm a huge believer in wiping and reinstalling major versions. > > > It's like spring cleaning, and I eliminate ghosts of operating > > > systems past. > > > > And then there's the rest of us who run Debian precisely because you > > don't have to reinstall. It's great because you only ever need to > > install once. > > Hi Chris, > > I assume that implicit in your reply is that such a major version > upgrade works well, and that over the years you don't get all sorts of > accumulated software dust bunnies doing funny things to you. > > How many others here have experiences like Chris'? My opinions are > based on Windows, Mandrake and Mandriva. By the time I got to Ubuntu in > 2007 (and Debian in 2013), I was solidly in the habit of reinstalls and > never tried a major version upgrade on Ubuntu or Debian. > > I just advised another poster to reinstall from scratch, so perhaps it > would be good to see how many succeeded, and how many failed, by > upgrading past major versions. > > Thanks, > > SteveT
I've one box that I've upgraded from Potato. My newer servers have been upgraded in place. No fresh installs - that's why I use Debian on servers. Quite frankly if you're used to Mandrake/Mandriva then you're excused I suppose for thinking one should do a clean install - that distro was never very solid, and they usually released each 6 months or so. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140929154513.GB10996@Jessie
