impatient for FC5 release

[Jim Cornette]

Leon wrote:
> Rahul Sundaram <sundaram at fedoraproject.org> writes:
> 
>> Anthony Messina wrote:

> So if I enable the release repo instead of devel repo on the release
> date, can I get a system same as one installed from scratch? I'm very
> curious of this question since I have been using fedora 5 devel since
> test 1 and have configured it a bit. Really don't want to re-install
> everything.

You can download and install the fedora-release package for FC5 once FC5 
is released. This package should add the information needed for FC5 and 
enable the FC5 repositories. I find the split with Fedora Extras and 
Fedora Core to make it worthwhile to maintain test releases to main 
releases because of all the re-installation needed when the system is 
pretty stable. However, due to messed up config files that might have 
happened during the many program upgrades and occasional breakage, 
installing FC5 on a clean approach is probably wisest. The possibility 
that some packages may be downgraded also is a good reason to start fresh.
Since you get no support directly anyway, support is not a big issue 
since test to actual release upgrades are not supported.
The release is actually a snapshot in the line of development but is 
aimed at being fairly stable.

> 
> Thanks

Jim

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