fc3test upgrade to fc3 final

Elliot Lee sopwith at redhat.com
Mon Nov 1 18:00:07 UTC 2004


On Fri, 29 Oct 2004, Andrew W. Donoho wrote:

> 
> On Oct 29, 2004, at 15:47, Elliot Lee wrote:
> > (a) Test releases are meant for testing only (which means you can't 
> > count
> > on them to remain useful when final releases come around)
> > (b) upgrading via yum is not supported. Sometimes it works, sometimes 
> > it
> > doesn't.
> 
> And what should be my expectation for rc releases?

The same... "It ain't over till it's over."

However, the set of changes from rcN -> final will be a lot smaller, so if
you like taking risks and know how to manage them by resurrecting a broken
system yourself, the odds are highly in favor of a successful upgrade.

-- Elliot




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