---- Mike Cloaked <mike.cloaked@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > David Boles wrote: > > > > > > My point was that the Fedora 8 system will not magically 'poof' and stop > > working. But it would be for a user of Feodra 8, IMHO, a good time to > > plan an upgrade. > > > > > > Of course and it certainly would be desirable to upgrade if at all possible. > However for some combinations of hardware a graphical install will fail and > if a text install is used instead then some systems (eg those with Intel > 82845G graphics) will not work at all well once F10 is installed until the > relevant driver is fixed. > > eg see https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=429500 Or https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=218181 I've been putting off upgrading until the last possible moment in the (futile) hope that someone would look at this bug and I could provide some data. After all it is marked as Urgent but yet its been around for over 2 years. I've even tried e-mailing the assignee directly but no response. What's the point of filing bugs if no one looks at them? Very disappointing. Oh well, I tried. Tonight I'm upgrading with the DVD. Steve. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
