Re: Upgrade Doc?

[Eric Christensen <eric christensenplace us>]

On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 11:28, Paul Frields<stickster gmail com> wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 10:36 AM, Eric
> Christensen<eric christensenplace us> wrote:
>> Do we need to make a single page guide for upgrading to the latest
>> version of F?  My question comes from the fact that at the Fedora
>> table at SELF I noted a BUNCH of F10 disks on the table.  I saw F11
>> disks on the table after the morning keynote speaker so that was good
>> but I wonder if it would be a good idea to have a web address that we
>> can point someone to if they do pick up a F10 disk because that's all
>> the person running the table has at the time.
>
> I believe there is an Upgrading doc on the wiki that talks about how
> to upgrade in various ways. The only problem with writing a
> single-page guide is that you have to know that your method has a shot
> at being the canonical reference, which may not be the case since the
> other page has more googlejuice. Do we know what types of media were
> being given out in F10 vintage? Live? Install DVDs?  Would the
> instructions change depending on whether people installed, updated,
> and then tried upgrades, as opposed to installing and then immediately
> upgrading? That's a lot of paths to cover in a single page.
>
>
> Paul

Okay, that made my head hurt.  I wouldn't think it would matter what
method you used to get to the installed Fedora to upgrade it.  I was
thinking about a document that showed how to obtain newer ISOs or a
brief description of using preupgrade along with the pros and cons of
each.

Eric