On Wed, 14 Mar 2018 08:12:51 -0400 Greg Wooledge <wool...@eeg.ccf.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 14, 2018 at 09:15:58AM +0000, Joe wrote: > > You could literally install any numbered version and upgrade in > > steps to the current one, though that would be a lot of wasted > > work. Any version 9.x would upgrade in one step to current, and in > > the fullness of time (probably at least a year) can be upgraded to > > the next major version. > > That's a wee bit overly optimistic. In practice, you will find it > rather challenging to upgrade from a version of Debian that has been > archived (no longer on the regular mirrors, no longer receiving Long > Term Support). Right now, the oldest release of Debian that is still > receiving LTS is wheezy (7.x). > I was certainly not suggesting that anyone try it, just that it is possible, therefore upgrading between any minor versions of a major version is trivial. -- Joe