Re: Testing vs. Stable

2005-11-10 Thread Carlos Correia
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Rafi Gabzu wrote: | Hi, | 1. After installing the "Testing" release , is it possible to upgrade | it to the "stable" release ? You can _upgrade_ to sid (unstable) or you might try to _downgrade_ to sarge (stable), though downgrading might not be pos

Re: Testing vs. Stable

2005-11-10 Thread Alan Ianson
On Thu November 10 2005 07:49 am, Rafi Gabzu wrote: > Hi, > 1. After installing the "Testing" release , is it possible to upgrade it to > the "stable" release ? That is unsupported. I have read where some folks have managed it, but I never have. Most likely the only way to get back to stable from

Re: Testing vs. Stable

2005-11-10 Thread Matt Zagrabelny
On Thu, 2005-11-10 at 17:49 +0200, Rafi Gabzu wrote: > Hi, > 1. After installing the "Testing" release , is it possible to upgrade > it to the "stable" release ? no. that would be considered a downgrade. downgrades may work, but are not "guaranteed" to. > 2. When installing "Testing", do I alway

Re: Testing vs. Stable

2005-11-10 Thread Mitch Wiedemann
Rafi Gabzu wrote: > Hi, > 1. After installing the "Testing" release , is it possible to upgrade > it to the "stable" release ? Not really. Read about Debian releases here: http://www.us.debian.org/releases/ > 2. When installing "Testing", do I always stay in the "Testing" phase > ,or after it

Re: Testing vs. Stable

2005-11-10 Thread Josh Battles
Rafi Gabzu said: > > 2. When installing "Testing", do I always stay in the "Testing" phase ,or > after it finally become "stable" I become stable too ...? > Thanks. It depends. When you configured your apt sources, did you specify "testing" or "etch" for each source? If you specified "testing,"

Testing vs. Stable

2005-11-10 Thread Rafi Gabzu
Hi, 1. After installing the "Testing"  release , is it possible to upgrade it to the "stable" release ? 2. When installing "Testing", do I always stay in the "Testing"  phase ,or after it finally become "stable"  I become stable too ...?   Thanks. Rafi