Upgrade to FC4 final?

[Michael Wiktowy]

Dan Bongert wrote:

>Surely an yum upgrade from FC4T3 to FC4 final would work better than
>going from RH8 to FC1? I'd think most of the packages would be exactly
>the same, right?
>  
>

In theory.

However, "upgrading" from the latest test release sometimes includes 
downgrading to a more stable package if something didn't work out during 
testing. This is a failure mode that is not present in stable to stable 
updates.
Also, there is more cruft (misnamed config files/options, bad 
dependencies, etc.) that gathers during test releases than stable 
releases since there is no commitment/promises made during test releases 
to clear it out.

Those are the sorts of things that cause the most grief and require 
manual intervention in my experience.

/Mike