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   From: not@telling.you.invalid   
      
   In aus.computers Lawrence D'Oliveiro  wrote:   
   > On 15 Sep 2025 12:36:35 +1000, Computer Nerd Kev wrote:   
   >> Jumping through the intermediate versions to upgrade a dying LTS distro   
   >> version to the latest one ready to last another five/ten years can be   
   >> troublesome though.   
   >   
   > Debian does not skip versions for LTS, according to   
   > .   
      
   _They_ don't, but if you only want to upgrade every five years, by   
   the time your current release ends the LTS phase, you have to jump   
   some versions to the latest release. If you just upgrade to the   
   next release in sequence (oldoldstable to oldstable) then its   
   support period will end in only a couple more years because it's   
   already gone through the first few years of support, so you're back   
   to upgrading more often again.   
      
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