[ILUG] Debian question

[Gary Pigott]

You've got two options when it comes to Debian, you can either select 
"stable", "testing" or "unstable", and when Debian release Lenny ("any day 
now!") you download hundreds of packages, or you can actually specify a 
release ("Sarge", "Etch", "Lenny" etc.) in sources.list, so you'll stay on 
that release forever, and only receive security upgrades.

Gary


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kevin Philp" <kevin at cybercolloids.net>
To: <ilug at linux.ie>
Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 10:01 AM
Subject: [ILUG] Debian question


> We are looking at Debian as an option for a new server. One question:
>
> I understand that if I use the testing repository then packages will be 
> updated continually. However if I use the stable repositories what happens 
> when debian makes a new release stable - do I suddenly get a download of 
> several hundred packages? Is this then any different or more reliable than 
> the Ubuntu option of doing regular dist-upgrades?
>
> Thanks
>
> Kevin.
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