Debian Etch Released

[till]

Lets all welcome the long awaited Debian Etch

http://lists.debian.org/debian-annou.../msg00002.html

That's really a nice easter gift.

[sjau]

Hears so in irc that it shall be released today but it wasn't yet at noon

Great that it's out now

[edge]

Now the next nightmare.. Upgrading a "perfect" running (live) Dell PowerEdge SC 1425 from Debian Sarge (32bit) to Etch :/

Knowing me I'll f**k it up badly

[sjau]

you could wait 2-3 days until falko writes the perfect howto for etch

[edge]

Originally Posted by sjau

you could wait 2-3 days until falko writes the perfect howto for etch

Knowing falko, he is working at it as we speak, and that it will be online later today :-)

[sjau]

not much time left for "today" - just about 1h....

but I see your point... he now has a new toy to play with ^^

[Hans]

Debian 4.0, a nice gift for Easter indeed, but now the upgrade...

I have read some articles, how to upgrade from 3.1 to 4.0, but i really like to know what is the best and recommended way to do this upgrade.

Probably, there is more to then changing /etc/apt/sources.list, an apt-get update and finally an apt-get dist-upgrade. I do not like a spaghetti of independencies, so a small howto would be nice!

[falko]

Here you go: http://www.howtoforge.com/perfect_setup_debian_etch

[bschultz]

Thank You!!!!! I haven't gone through the HOW-TO yet, but can I ask why you recommend Courier on Etch and Postfix on Sarge?


edit: now that I'm done with the setup, nevermind! Thanks again!

[till]

He recommends postfix on etch and sarge. Postfix is the MTA. What has changed is the usage of courier as pop3 and imap deamon because it supports maildie instead of mbox format. the courier installation was optional in the sarge howto and is now the default.