updating to Fedora 7 rc2

[Mike Chambers]

On Mon, 2007-05-28 at 09:58 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote:

> IMHO, it is not a good idea to upgrade a system from a released/stable
> version of Fedora to a Beta/RC version of the next release.  (Actually that
> goes for almost any OS.)  That path is not formally tested and you may find
> yourself in dependency hell or in a very confused state.

You need to rethink what you just said.  It's *not* a good idea to
upgrade from a released version to a beta/rc?  That path *is* formally
tested and is *a wanted test* to do during the development of the next
release.  How else are upgrades tested?  I am going to assume you mean a
live production system and not a testing/beta machine that is doing it?
Because that is part of the test, to upgrade from an earlier version to
the latest, which means doing it against a beta or rc.

> For example, the RC2 may have version 6 of a particular library or
> application.  Then, in testing, it is decided that 5 was more stable than 6
> and when the released version comes out it has 5 but you already have 6 and
> the upgrade patch is not designed to go backwards.

Above would be correct, but again depending on what exactly you are
referring to by upgrading, or at least which system (production?
beta/test machine?).

-- 
Mike Chambers
Madisonville, KY