Fedora-release: picking the GPG files post-transition for a spin

Jeroen van Meeuwen kanarip at kanarip.com
Thu Sep 11 15:03:44 UTC 2008


Martin Langhoff wrote:
> I am working on a custom "fedora-release" replacement package
> (xs-release) for a custom spin that will be ready at the end of the
> month. My understanding is that it makes sense to only ship the new
> GPG keys and new repos.
> 
> There is a tiny user-base still using a F7-based spin. From what I can
> see, they'll be able to upgrade with anaconda or yum directly to the
> post-transition packages.
> 
> Does my plan make sense? Is there any step in the upgrade machinery
> that I am missing that might require the old keys?
> 

There should be no problem to continue as usual.

Provided the -release package you include holds the new GPG key 
configuration as well as the new repository location, the systems should 
not have to go through the transition after the installation.

Kind regards,

Jeroen van Meeuwen
-kanarip




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