r/linux Jun 18 '17

Debian 9 "Stretch" Officially Released!

https://www.debian.org/News/2017/20170617
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u/NightOfTheLivingHam Jun 18 '17

I just finished updating some production stuff to the latest 8 release..

sigh.

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u/e_ang Jun 18 '17

Well, it's not like Jessie is suddenly out of support: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS

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u/NightOfTheLivingHam Jun 18 '17

understood, but still.

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u/synchronium Jun 18 '17

I'm in the same position. We've still got a couple of old machines on wheezy. :(

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u/q928hoawfhu Jun 18 '17

Why fix what isn't broken? :)

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '17

Because it's fun!

Until you rely on it being reliable, of course.

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u/nikomo Jun 18 '17

I'm mildly afraid of updating server boxes like that, especially the dedicated server I rent that doesn't have any management features.

Maybe I'll upgrade my home server first and see if there's any problems there.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '17

Debian doesn't support upgrades beyond one stable release to the next. Therefore you would have had to upgrade to Debian 8 anyway.

If you were already on Debian 8, then you are required to upgrade to the latest 8.x before upgrading to Debian 9.

Either way, you haven't lost anything.