On Thu, 13 Jan 2011 17:47:18 +0000 "Jóhann B. Guðmundsson" <johannbg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > ? > > Why should it be forbidden and when did I ever say that? Sorry, it was not clear... Just wanted to make sure. ;) > If people are force to use the DVD for upgrade cases then something > is seriously wrong Well, currently you can do: * backup data, clean install, restore data. * use the dvd install media * preupgrade * yum upgrade > I personally dont advocate the use of preupgrade but rather advises > users to keep seperated /home it just subscribing to headache if the > upgrade fails > > If we official support "upgrading" then I would expect that. . . . We always have in the past. I suspect some people might get mad if we dropped all upgrade ability. ;) > A) being able to upgrade from cli via yum upgrade/preugrade > B) from the DE enviroment I was in via some application > preupgrade/packagekit > C) Do it from Live media The live media cannot upgrade. It doesn't have the rpms available, it just has itself (an already installed os). > D) Do it from the Installer That needs the dvd media, or netinstall iso and network at least. > And I know for a fact that the only thing that gets tested at QA is > preupgrade itself not various upgrade paths for example from a > various Live media minimal install and a full blown everything > install etc.. Live cannot do updates at all. ;) > If the live media and the installer could coexist on the iso image > they would have to do minimal install and continue from there that is > if no *DE image is not good enough for them. Yeah, but that requires network access to get the packages that are installed. > > One final question here... why is this going to the Board? > > Isn't this a more technical detail that would be suited for FESCo to > > decide? (after all, they decided to drop split cd install media, > > should the Board decide that instead). > > Good point I'll gather the feed back here and open a ticket with FESCO Thanks. > JBG > > Ps. Should not FESCO decide the Multi Desktop DVD then as well? This is a special case, because the item is going to be shipped as "Fedora" so it needs Board trademark approval. I suppose the Board could ask Fesco to handle the tech details and submit it for trademark later in the process, but they must approve the use of "Fedora" here. kevin
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