Wade Hampton wrote:
Updates don't always work and you are often left with broken things. See my previous posts about taking 20+ hours to update my FC5 laptop to FC6 and over 10 hours to update my FC5 desktop to FC6. Maybe we do need a just plain "fedora" branch that gets updates and enhancements so one could just keep on doing yum updates to get the latest/greatest....
This could also solve the problem of people running older versions when support drops. ie FC4
This has been discussed in the past about the issues when major changes occur and how hard it is to upgrade/update. Some of these issues may be resolvable with crossover packages but that just creates more work for those involved.
I am watching the issues being raised with the move to the SCSI base for IDE drives as one example. Changes to Gcc in the past caused enough problems.
I for one would love a constant update/upgrade path. But until that happens, I prefer a clean install as it takes less time and causes less headaches. I am just waiting for FC7 to come out to get rid of my FC4 systems.
-- Due to the move to M$ Exchange Server, anything that is a priority, please phone. Robin Laing
