On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 4:41 PM, Tim Flink <tflink@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, 24 Sep 2012 10:32:01 -0600 > Tim Flink <tflink@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> As currently written, the upgrade criterion in the Fedora 18 beta >> release requirements [1] reads: >> >> The installer must be able to successfully complete an upgrade >> installation from a clean, fully updated default installation (from >> any official install medium) of the previous stable Fedora release, >> either via preupgrade or by booting to the installer manually. The >> upgraded system must meet all release criteria. > > Wow, I'm glad that I didn't just change the wiki without sending > something out to test@ - I thought this was a minor, uncontroversial > change ... I was wrong :) > > From the discussion in this thread, it sounds like we're proposing to > change the one release criterion to two - one for beta, one for final. > > For beta: > > "It must be possible to successfully complete an upgrade from a fully > updated installation of the previous stable Fedora release with the > 'minimal' package set or the package set for a release-blocking desktop, > using any officially recommended upgrade mechanism. The upgraded system > must meet all release criteria." > > For final: > > "It must be possible to successfully complete an upgrade from a fully > updated installation of the previous stable Fedora release with the > 'minimal' package set or the package set for a release-blocking desktop, > using all officially recommended upgrade mechanisms. The upgraded system > must meet all release criteria." > > The implication being that at least one upgrade method has to work for > beta and all have to work for final. > > Would we OK with shipping beta with only yum upgrades working? While > it's not currently a 'recommended' method for upgrades right now as far > as I know, that could certainly change. No that way the upgrade method used by most users (which is even new code this time) will get even less testing. -- test mailing list test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test
