Upgrade between FC5 test releases.

Gilboa Davara gilboada at netvision.net.il
Wed Dec 7 15:00:04 UTC 2005


On Wed, 2005-12-07 at 09:44 -0500, Jesse Keating wrote:
> On Wed, 2005-12-07 at 16:01 +0200, Gilboa Davara wrote:
> > 
> > Stupid question:
> > Will it be possible to upgrade between different FC5 test releases using
> > yum/anaconda/DVD/what-ever?
> > Having to reinstall and reconfigure everything with each test release
> > (including the official FC5) puts a big dent into my (and I assume
> > other's) ability to contribute to the FC's pre-release bug hunting.
> > 
> 
> It is not supported nor recommended.  Test releases are not designed to
> upgrade to anything, and any bug arising out of such actions aren't
> really going to be looked at to be fixed.  If anything, upgrades from
> various FC4 states to the latest FC5 test release should be tested.
> This will help the developers understand exactly what they need to do
> for this supported upgrade path.

Ummm... didn't really consider that.
Interesting option.

Gilboa





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