On 10/08/2011 01:13 PM, Rahul Sundaram wrote: > On 10/07/2011 02:47 PM, JD wrote: > >> Seems to me that the upgrade process itself >> should be better scripted on the release DVD/CD >> to take care of such problems, including cleaning >> up of orphaned packages, and synching of packages. >> Such a script would be a great help to newbs and >> non-techies. >> I hope someone on the fedoraproject's release engineering >> team notices this post. > You dont need any scripts. If you upgrade, the previous settings will > be preserved and there is no need to change unless you want to. In any > case, writing these scripts is not release engineering's job. If > needed, it should be part of something like preupgrade. Everyone is > welcome to volunteer and get it done. > > Rahul > I was addressing a live upgrade. A live upgrade does indeed need to be a script so that newbs and non-techies will be able to perform without having to read a how-to procedure and make accidental mistakes, no matter who creates it and submits it for inclusion in the repos. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
