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Author: Hendrik Boom
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To: dng
Subject: Re: [DNG] Migrating from Buster to Beowulf - feedback needed
On Thu, Sep 05, 2019 at 11:27:03PM -0500, golinux@??? wrote:
> Dear Dev1ers,
>
> Many of you have asked how you can help Devuan. Well, here's an opportunity
> - especially for those who keep asking when Beowulf will be released!
>
> There have been reports that the migration process from Debian Buster to
> Devuan Beowulf is not as straight-forward as Wheezy/Jessie to Jessie and/or
> Stretch to ASCII. If we are to offer migration as an "official" option, we
> will need to document specific issues and provide solutions in our
> documentation.
>
> So . . . please roll up your sleeves, give it a try and let us know if you
> were able to migrate successfully from Buster to Beowulf. What issues did
> you have? How did you work around them? Are there any blockers?


I've got buster on a partition I never use and was thinking of deleting.
I could try crossgrading to beowulf before I delete it.
Would that help? It would not likely get any actual usage to discover
problems beyond the actual crossgrade itself.

-- hendrik