On Sat, 13 May 2017 13:44:13 -1000
Joel Roth <joelz@???> wrote:

> Harald Arnesen wrote:
> > Steve Litt [2017-05-13 17:03]:
> >
> > > I never dist-upgrade. From what I hear, it breaks things. If I
> > > feel the need to dist-upgrade, it's probably time to back up,
> > > reformat the disks, and clean-install a later version.
> >
> > If you can't dist-upgrade, it's probably time to find another
> > distribution.
>
> I triggered this discussion by mentioning dist-upgrade,
> however dist-upgrade isn't relevant to solving problems with
> Jessie.
>
> I was recalling previous experience with the infinitely
> rolling updates of *unstable*, where a two-step process of
> upgrade then dist-upgrade was less likely to break things than
> dist-upgrade alone.
>
> I stand by my original suggestion: that reportbug could help
> reduce the noise of bug reports on outdated packges
> by advising users to 'apt-get upgrade' (or in the case of
> unstable 'apt-get upgrade' followed by 'apt-get
> dist-upgrade') and rechecking the behavior before
> filing.

Yeah, not only that, but except when using a rolling release, I'm a
huge fan of clean reinstalls. I view them as spring cleaning, and if I
do them every 6 months that's fine with me.

SteveT

Steve Litt
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