can i upgrade FCR5t2 to FCR5 final via yum or some other methodwithout reinstal

Lillie Bennett lbennett at atlis.com
Thu Mar 16 22:09:07 UTC 2006


So if we continue to update FC5t3 it becomes FC6t1 and is this the same as 
rawhide or are all of these newer or different trees?

It sounds like we should have the latest stable release and another for the 
current testing release for comparison?

Lillie

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeff Spaleta" <jspaleta at gmail.com>
To: <anyweb at linux-noob.com>; "For testers of Fedora Core development 
releases" <fedora-test-list at redhat.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2006 4:15 PM
Subject: Re: can i upgrade FCR5t2 to FCR5 final via yum or some other 
methodwithout reinstal


> On 3/16/06, any web <anyweb at hotmail.com> wrote:
>> quick question from me, can I upgrade my FCR5t2 installation to FCR5 when 
>> it
>> releases
>> on the 20th ? and I mean via yum and not via the new iso's.
>
> You can attempt to. But I don't recommend it. I recommand doing a
> complete wipe and doing a fresh install of the final release if it is
> your intention to stop participating in the development process.
>
> http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Testing
> By installing a test release you are essentially agreeing to doing a
> fresh install of a stable release when you are ready to stop
> participating in the development process. Please remember that the
> fedora core development process is an on-going affair and the test
> releases are just more easily digestable versions of the current
> development tree. Once you install the test release you are
> essentially running a version of the development tree. Once you start
> installing updates you are syncing with the development tree. Moving
> off the development tree to any stable release could be considered
> downgrading in a sense.
>
>
> -jef
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