Upgrade to Core

[Bevan C. Bennett]

Chris Sparks wrote:
> I'll wait for a more stable Fedora. There is too much going on that 
> makes me very leery of adding problems to my system.
> 
> Thanks,
> Chris

Just as a side note, don't confuse the unstable development Fedora with 
the actually quite stable Core 1 + stable updates.  You'll hear a lot 
more on the lists from people who are testing unstable or prerelease 
packages simply because those do cause more problems.

That's also why you see all the 2.6 kernel discussion, even though 
Fedora's official kernel is still 2.4 based. (Those people are either 
helping test for Core 2, which plans on including some big changes like 
switching to 2.6, or simply can't wait and are installing their own new 
kernel.)

If you just want a stable installation, install Core 1 and all of the 
updates in "core/updates/1".

Proposed updates move, IIRC, from "testing" to "unstable" to "stable" 
(== "1"), as they get tested and their stability improves.

I hope this helps.

-Bevan Bennett

> Jim Cornette wrote:
> 
>> Chris Sparks wrote:
>>
>>> Hi everyone,
>>>
>>> Which path do I take for upgrading:
>>>
>>> http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/1...
>>> http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/testing... 
>>>
>>>
>>> With all the commentary on the problems found I am a little uneasy 
>>> making a change that will freeze me in the water, so to speak.
>>>
>>> Also I notice everyone mentions version 2.6 of the kernel when 2.4 is 
>>> still in the upgrades area.
>>>
>>> Chris
>>>
>>
>> To get the development programs, you would use the below link or a 
>> mirror equivelent.
>>
>> http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/development/
>>
>> Watch out for kudzu, python related programs and even some 
>> documentation rpms. I won't install about 30 of the development 
>> programs yet. Most seem to not break things.
>>
>> Jim
>>
>>
>>
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