On Sun, Jan 07, 2018 at 06:31:43AM -0800, Doug H. wrote: > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/DNF_system_upgrade > That page is currently showing instructions to upgrade to F27, which > includes the line: > sudo dnf system-upgrade download --refresh --releasever=27 > > So Matthew is noting that people have tested, and found it to work, if > you run that "27" upgrade from an F25 system. You would simply follow > the instructions just the same as somebody upgrading from F26 to F27. Yes. And it's not just this release -- as of a few releases ago (I forget offhand which), our QA team officially tests this every release cycle, so we have reasonable confidence that it will work every time around. > Backup up your user date only if you know that you can redo all the > config options if you are forced to fully reinstall. > > Backup everything if you want to make 100% sure that you save a copy of > every little file that might have some change in it that you might want > to look at later. It's worth remembering that upgrades are only one risky situation -- you can have multiple disk failures even with RAID, or your house could burn down, or you could experience the joy of malware taking over your system. "Backups are annoying" should never be a reason for avoiding upgrades. -- Matthew Miller <mattdm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Fedora Project Leader _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
