[pdevr]

The way releases are done and security is handled, one can argue that it makes sense to stay one major version behind - as long as it is a version to which security patches are applied regularly.

[gottorf]

I follow this rule, or the variant where you wait for the first point release of a new major version, wherever possible. My desktop ran Debian bullseye until maybe about a month ago, when I updated to bookworm on its 5th point release. My browser of choice on that machine is firefox-esr, which is still on the 115.x branch.

[louky]

I'm updating to bookworm on my daily driver laptop today - testing the full system backup now.

I've had minimal issues recently with debian but decades of debacles (not just debian, everything from RSX-11 to windows server) have made me cautious. So exhausted with wasted time.

[wtf_is_up]

I've really come to enjoy Debian stable. It's going to take something significant to get me off Bookworm.

[pjmorris]

My mid-90's boss often repeated his old bosses' sayin "No oh," as in never depend on an initial release, wait for the patches.

[alephnerd]

> it makes sense to stay one major version behind - as long as it is a version to which security patches are applied regularly

That's why companies offer LTS SKUs.

[deng]

GitLab only supports the latest three point releases, so that's not an option here.