On 2/17/06, Chitlesh GOORAH <chitlesh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > just a question! > you know debian does update with apt-get > the debian guys use this issue to advertise the advantages of their distro > but how can one defend yum here? go back and take a look at the complaints from users in the debian lists when the newest stable release of debian landed and determine for yourself if the level of advertising the do with regard to live upgrades is appropriate, or is it overly optimistic expectations? The reality is... fedora moves fast... it integrates new technologies at all levels of the software stack..fast. Some of these technology shifts (especially filesystem level) can not always be handled adequately from inside the running system where the filesystems are in use. While the release team and developers can accurately prepare migration magic for these situations, some of them will need to be run from a ramdisk (like anaconda does). There is nothing stopping producing a ramdisk image that runs yum in a similar manner with appropriate defined pre/post upgrade magic.. nothng stopping it except finite developer resources... and i'm pretty sure things are moving in a direction where this will be possible to provide. BUT you can not get around the need for a reboot into a ramdisk based mini-system so that your actual system is not in use for all situations on in the wild. -jef -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
