Major version updates vs reinstall

[Mike Burger]

On Thu, 9 Sep 2004, Douglas Phillipson wrote:

> Mike Burger wrote:
> > On Thu, 9 Sep 2004, Douglas Phillipson wrote:
> > 
> > 
> >>The Debian project has a very nice capability in that it can be upgraded 
> >>without reinstalling, even upgrading to the next major version.  Will 
> >>Redhat/Fedora ever attain this highly desired ability?  What prevents 
> >>Redhat's OS's from doing this?  Is there any effort in this area?
> > 
> > 
> >>From my understanding, it is already possible, using apt-get or yum.
> 
> So the upgrade from RHES 3 to ES 4 will just be an "up2date"?

Not likely.  RHES will probably require the normal procedure.

> And Fedora core 2 to core 3 will be a yum update?

"Will be.."...no.  "Can be a yum update"...yes.
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