On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 02:25:30PM +0100, Dan wrote: > Hi, > > I'm going to install Debian on a file server (NFS and postgres) for a > small group of people. It will be in an intranet, no direct connection > to Internet. > > Should I install Jessie or Stretch? I've always used stable. My > understanding is that at this point Stretch is quite stable, the > versions of the packages won't change and there won't be major changes > in the packages, only security/bug updates. > > In a few months the Stretch Debian installation will automatically > become "stable". Is that correct? > > If I install Jessie I'll have to update very soon. > > Thanks, > Daniel >
I almost always pick "stable". The only question you have to ask yourself: Will "stable" cover all of my requirements? If you can answer "yes" to this go with stable. Changes in strech can be as interrupting as having to upgrade _once_. So there is no benefit just because you might have to "upgrade soon". -H -- Henning Follmann | hfollm...@itcfollmann.com