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by m01
1692 days ago
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I don't think Debian's automatic updates do major release upgrades automatically, do they? Those IIRC do require manual intervention - if nothing else you need to run the installer & possibly respond to prompts, but possibly more depending on your system. |
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For major release upgrades, the official upgrade procedure is to follow instructions like these: https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/release-notes/c...
So yeah, you have a somewhat manual upgrade process once every two years, if you're not on one of the rolling release (‘testing’ or ‘unstable’).
On the other hand, you do get to choose when you make those updates. You don't get caught by surprise with them because you forgot to read the news.
Debian's documentation on Testing and Unstable[1] contains some snippets that may feel familiar to Arch users, including this very relevant bit:
> Consider (especially when using unstable) if you need to disable or remove unattended-upgrades in order to control when package updates take place.
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https://wiki.debian.org/DebianUnstable#What_are_some_best_pr...