I am running 8.0; 8.5 is out. Came out on June 24. Are you saying I should wait for 9 to become stable release and then upgrade to that version? I thought by going to 8.5 would be a good idea. Maybe not?
On Thu, 28 Jul 2016 11:34:01 +0200, you wrote: >Steve Matzura: >> >> Should I follow the standard procedure--edit sources.list to include >> the DVD drive (if it's not there already), then 'apt-get upgrade' >> followed by 'apt-get full-upgrade'? > >What do you mean with "8.5"? Debian jessie is version 8, Debian stretch >ussupposed to be version 9, I think. Either way, it isn't stable yet so >technically the latest Debian version is 8. > >In any case, the canonical answer to "How do I upgrade to the latest >Debian release?" is to go through the release notes of your current >release+1 until you have reached the desired version. > >Example: if you have installed Debian squeeze (version 6) you would >first follow this (I have picked amd64 randomly): >https://www.debian.org/releases/wheezy/amd64/release-notes/ > >and then this: >https://www.debian.org/releases/jessie/amd64/release-notes/ > >J.
