F7 to F8: no joy =/

Mustafa Qasim alajal at gmail.com
Wed Nov 14 12:32:09 UTC 2007


On Nov 14, 2007 5:17 PM, André Costa <blueser at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi David,
>
> On Nov 14, 2007 10:02 AM, David Boles <dgboles at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > Antonio wrote:
> > > 2007/11/14, André Costa <blueser at gmail.com>:
> > >
> > > I think that as soon as anaconda problem is solved, DVD should be
> > > re-issued. I am waiting that before wiping out one of my server, for a
> > > clean install
> > > Luckily I had other computer upgraded by switching from F7 to
> > > development repos and finally to F8. I am following same procedure for
> > > F9, development repos is already enabled on one of my computer
> >
> >
> > If what you are calling "my server" is really a server you should be
> > running something stable and long lived like CentOS on it anyway and not
> > a fast-track distribution such as Fedora.
> >
> > If you are waiting for Fedora to 'fix' anaconda and release another
> > Fedora 8 DVD I think that you will have a long wait. Fedora has never
> > released a second DVD that I know of anyway.
> >
> > Various people have had problems with this update path for various
> > reasons. And some here have offered help and advice. But I do not recall
> > anyone mentioning writing a bugzilla ticket. That would be the way to
> > get better results. Better than posting about it on a general user help
> > list. One that most developers don't follow.
>
> Hey, I said I would file a bug report! =) As a matter of fact, I was
> on the way to do it when I found someone already did it:
>
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=372011
>
> And apparently there's even a workaround that solved the problem for
> some people (but, unfortunately, not all):
>
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=372011#c28
>
> I am at work now, will try this ASAP and post back here (and at bug
> 372011) my results.
>
> > I really have no idea just how many have had problems such as this. Nor
> > do I have any idea how many did not have problems such as this. Those
> > without problems seldom post success stories. But I would be willing to
> > bet that there have been many more successes than failures.  ;-)
>
> Judging from the bug report posted above, and to the bugs marked as
> duplicates, quite some people got bitten by this. Still, I agree that
> success count should be higher -- but it doesn't "ease the pain" of
> being one of the unfortunate ones =(
>
> Regards,
>
> Andre
>
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Ohh... The upgrade pain looks HORRIBLE. Isn't it a chance for a newbie to
escape :|. At the time when Fedora is struggling to prove itself a Stable
Desktop Linux for Beginners these issues should be fixed
ASAP.Postingsuccess stories of up gradation aren't necessary.  Absence
of complain posts
itself are success stories.

It is acceptable that there are some bugs in "Under Development Technology
Area" but a process that is sure to repeat every 6 months should be stable.
Are we producing Quantity Or Quality. Is it right to work on the top putting
more  n more advance stuff when we couldn't keep the foundation Stable. Who
will try those awesome features when  he's unable to complete the
installation peacefully.

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Regards,
Mustafa Qasim
Lahore, Pakistan
Cell: 0321-6614972
URL: http://www.mustu.info

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