Upgrade via PackageKit, etc.

[Rahul Sundaram]

Mark Haney wrote:
> Okay, I've dug around and not seen anything like an answer.  So I'm 
> asking the list.  Will there be a way to upgrade to Fedora 10 (for 
> instance) from F9 via yum/PackageKit/sacrifical lamb?  I am well aware 
> of the difficulties of this, so I don't need a sermon on that, but I've 
> got several Ubuntu users I maintain and their upgrade via apt-get is as 
> smooth as I"ve seen.

Their official upgrade uses a wrapper too.

> I know Fedora isn't Ubuntu, but seriously, this would be a big deal for 
> those of use with a ton of Fedora boxes and don't want to sneakernet or 
> PXEboot the systems.

Look at preupgrade.

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/PreUpgrade
http://www.redhatmagazine.com/2008/04/15/interview-fedora-developers-seth-vidal-and-will-woods/

Rahul