Why FC-2?

[Hamilton, David]

I can certainly see that a fresh install of FC2 would be better than
upgrading from FC1, but what about going between test releases and the
final release?
I have been very happily using yum on my FC1 system, and would be happy
enough to start using FC2 Test1 on my laptop if I knew that I could
update it to FC2 Final just using yum later on.

	D.

-----Original Message-----
From: fedora-list-admin at redhat.com [mailto:fedora-list-admin at redhat.com]
On Behalf Of Pedro Fernandes Macedo
Sent: 09 March 2004 09:31
To: fedora-list at redhat.com
Subject: Re: Why FC-2?


Alan Horn wrote:

>In my experience, a fresh reinstall is generally better than an 
>upgrade.
>
>I prefer to :
>
> o backup data
> o wipe out OS
> o remake filesystems
> o install new system
> o apply local config and app management from central mgmt server o 
> restore data
>
>  
>
That's the best way to do , but some people still preffer to simply 
upgrade , even if it can break things... The fresh reinstall also has 
the benefit of making you remmember how you configured everything (which

helps in case of problems) and why you configured in a certain way 
(making you rethink your decisions. maybe you've learnt something new 
since your last install and now there's a better way to configure the 
same thing).

>The question then becomes of course; at what point should incremental 
>upgrades be deferred in place of a complete release. That often seems 
>to be a decision best left to the core development team for an OS.
>
>  
>
I believe that FC2 is the perfect example: we're gonna have major 
changes on kernel (changes from 2.4 to 2.6 , SELinux support) , changes 
on perl (including changes on its packaging) , python , removing OSS 
support and adding ALSA support as the default sound system and many 
others I dont remmember now. If we were only going to have a change in a

specific package , then upgrade would be the best option.

--
Pedro Macedo


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