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this post was submitted on 07 Apr 2024
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What do you mean? What happens if you leave it too long? How long is too long?
Nothing usually happens but the distro is not tested in that way. The devs don't wait six months and then update every package in the system at once. It probably works (and it has for me, every time) but it's just not what users do normally. They keep it updated all the time.