Rahul Sundaram <sundaram@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Leon wrote: > >>So if I enable the release repo instead of devel repo on the release >>date, can I get a system same as one installed from scratch? I'm very >>curious of this question since I have been using fedora 5 devel since >>test 1 and have configured it a bit. Really don't want to re-install >>everything. >> >> >> > The development tree might move past FC5 before the release date. If > you watch the rawhide reports on fedora-test on a regular basis you > would have noticed that the number of updates have been generally low > approaching the release. At some point the development tree would move > back into the open development for FC6 again and you will see the > flood gates open up with a large number of updates again. Having said > that, its recommended that you do a reinstallation since there might > be packaging and configuration cruft in the test/development releases > that you might create problems that wouldnt have occurred on a clean > installation . In short, if you a tester be prepared do a clean > installation on the GA release when it is made available for routine > work. > > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Testing. > >>Will the debug option get disabled approaching release date? >> >> > Yes. That might have already happened by now. I haven checked that. > > > > -- > Rahul Thank you. It's very informative. -- Leon
