On Mon, 2009-05-11 at 13:37 -0400, Colin Walters wrote: > Well, I see it as a well defined *targeted product* which happens to > be composed of packages. It's the base from which other things can be > installed from the Internet. What is the problem with "static pile of > packages"? (I have to admit to only skimming this thread) Updates to the previous release will quickly become N-V-R "newer" than the static pile of packages, which renders your upgrade a bit... odd. > > > Of course, the Live image > > doesn't necessarily have the upgrade problem we're talking about, > > because you can't use the live image to do an upgrade. Makes it less > > than useful for people. > > For upgrades we should be pushing people towards preupgrade. If > preupgrade works well, I'm having trouble thinking of scenarios in > which you'd end up with a physical image and want to do an upgrade. > Maybe if you're out of disk space you'd need physical media to > download the updates on to, but there's also no reason preupgrade > couldn't prompt you to insert a USB stick or blank CD. preupgrade requires a significant network cost. -- Jesse Keating Fedora -- Freedom² is a feature! identi.ca: http://identi.ca/jkeating
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