I can certainly see that a fresh install of FC2 would be better than upgrading from FC1, but what about going between test releases and the final release? I have been very happily using yum on my FC1 system, and would be happy enough to start using FC2 Test1 on my laptop if I knew that I could update it to FC2 Final just using yum later on. D. -----Original Message----- From: fedora-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:fedora-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Pedro Fernandes Macedo Sent: 09 March 2004 09:31 To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Why FC-2? Alan Horn wrote: >In my experience, a fresh reinstall is generally better than an >upgrade. > >I prefer to : > > o backup data > o wipe out OS > o remake filesystems > o install new system > o apply local config and app management from central mgmt server o > restore data > > > That's the best way to do , but some people still preffer to simply upgrade , even if it can break things... The fresh reinstall also has the benefit of making you remmember how you configured everything (which helps in case of problems) and why you configured in a certain way (making you rethink your decisions. maybe you've learnt something new since your last install and now there's a better way to configure the same thing). >The question then becomes of course; at what point should incremental >upgrades be deferred in place of a complete release. That often seems >to be a decision best left to the core development team for an OS. > > > I believe that FC2 is the perfect example: we're gonna have major changes on kernel (changes from 2.4 to 2.6 , SELinux support) , changes on perl (including changes on its packaging) , python , removing OSS support and adding ALSA support as the default sound system and many others I dont remmember now. If we were only going to have a change in a specific package , then upgrade would be the best option. -- Pedro Macedo -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
