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beniro

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From: St. Petersburg, FL, USA

Registered: 2002-12-31

Posts: 313

[SOLVED] Transitioning from the testing repo back to stable

I enabled "testing" a while back to get Gnome 3.  Now, I'd like sort of "freeze" where I am now (in other words, keep the installed packages I have) and to go back to the normal repos.

My question: can I just disable the testing repo and just wait for the normal stable releases to catch up?  Should I expect a smooth transition?

Thanks.

Last edited by beniro (2011-04-19 21:13:05)

wonder

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From: Bucharest, Romania

Registered: 2006-07-05

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Re: [SOLVED] Transitioning from the testing repo back to stable

you can disable testing and wait the transition

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Damnshock

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From: Barcelona

Registered: 2006-09-13

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Re: [SOLVED] Transitioning from the testing repo back to stable

I enabled "testing" a while back to get Gnome 3.  Now, I'd like sort of "freeze" where I am now (in other words, keep the installed packages I have) and to go back to the normal repos.

My question: can I just disable the testing repo and just wait for the normal stable releases to catch up?  Should I expect a smooth transition?

Thanks.

It usually is. I've done that quite a few times although I don't recommend it if you are not ready for surprises (ya know, sometimes things *do* break)

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beniro

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From: St. Petersburg, FL, USA

Registered: 2002-12-31

Posts: 313

Re: [SOLVED] Transitioning from the testing repo back to stable

Thanks very much, guys.  I hope I have the patience to wait it out it the stable repos.