> > If you type 'chkconfig yum on', you get nightly updates in FC. It's > Of course, but it is recommend, and if so, for what uses? If you're not on FC now, you might not be aware that they average several updates a day. That might change your mind about examining each in detail. Most are bugfixes for the latest release (FC bleeds when released). About a third are security. A few are feature enhancements. > That's quite amazing... We've no end of things that need special handling > here with the RHL releases (restarting daemons, upgrading versus updating, > rebooting after a kernel update, etc). Even had some bugs (lilo update not > working during a kernel update, etc). One of the main design changes in the FC series of releases was to get the updates so they didn't have these issues, i.e., to make automatic updates possible and desirable (since RH wanted to sell that as a service under RHEL). Daemons are restarted in postinstall scripts. The kernel-related packages no longer break anything when installed but not booted. It doesn't reboot after a kernel install, obviously, you just get the new one by default next time you boot. Kernels are installed, not updated, so you always have all the kernels you ever had. If you don't like the new kernel, you select your old kernel in the boot menu. FC uses grub, not lilo, so those issues are gone. There's no need to do anything other than edit a text file to change the default kernel. If you're like most users and you don't reboot very often, it makes sense to subscribe to the email notices so you know when a new kernel is available for booting (and generally to track what's going on). I think they ought to email root at the machine in postinstall for a kernel, FWIW, but they don't. Upgrades are still done manually, and for FC I see that as crucial. New FC upgrades are *bleeding* edge, and generally many things break in the first few months. The nightly update script for Ubuntu, on the other hand, also does a distribution upgrade if it exists. That also seems appropriate, though still a bit risky, since they claim to shoot for stability from the get-go. FC people discourage full OS version upgrades with yum, though they're reported to work. Since this is the *Fedora* Legacy Project, why not set up an FC3 test box, turn on nightly updates, and see? :-) If you value stability, start with FC3 and ride it into Legacy. If you like to bleed, do FC4 test1... --jh-- -- fedora-legacy-list@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-legacy-list
