"Smith, Herb" <herb.smith@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Are there any expected downsides to doing an upgrade versus a complete > re-install? You don't get to use the shiny new ext4 filesystem. Some people may say that is an upside, but ext4 does seem like a good idea for saving a bit or wear and tear on your hard drive. > What do they mean by "consistent experience" ? Euphamism for "someone may have scewed up a file, either you or the people that wrote the upgrade logic. By doing a clean install you get to bury your (or our) sins." > I'd rather do an upgrade, but if there will be some defecit in the > final result, then I'll consider the full install. > > What's the consensus from those who have upgraded versus doing an > re-install. Is your experience "inconsistent" ? Toss a coin. It doesn't really matter. I did 5 clean installs of F11 and 2 upgrades (one from F10, one from F9). I didn't see any real problems in either case. -wolfgang -- Wolfgang S. Rupprecht Android 1.5 (Cupcake) and Fedora-11 -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
