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Debian 11 "bullseye" released - use of "stable" in release name for /etc/apt/sources.list

Debian 11 "bullseye" released - use of "stable" in release name for /etc/apt/sources.list

Posted Aug 16, 2021 17:02 UTC (Mon) by amacater (subscriber, #790)
In reply to: Debian 11 "bullseye" released by mbarnes
Parent article: Debian 11 "bullseye" released

This is not recommended now: it does cause a massive flag day when releases change. If you hard code the release code name, it will follow all through from unstable -> testing -> stable -> oldstable -> oldoldstable for 5+ years support. It also does mitigate against
links not catching up, too.


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