Upgrade to breezy

[Andrew VanSpronsen]

extras is supported? backports is but I do not believe extras is.

avanspronsen

On 9/10/05, HC Brugmans <hcbrugmans at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Ben Novack wrote:
> > On 9/10/05, Steve Myers <ulist at gs1.ubuntuforums.org> wrote:
> >
> >>Be smart and do a fresh install, I have seen so many users do an upgrade
> >>and that is why you see posts with numerous issues because of doing an
> >>upgrade.
> >>
> >>
> >>--
> >>Steve Myers
> >
> >
> > Well, some of the upgrade issues are because Breezy isn't finalized
> > yet. That's what testing is for; after all, with releases every six
> > months, it would be absurd to ask people to do a fresh install twice a
> > year. A user should only have to install their OS once, and be able to
> > upgrade safely and smoothly every time a new release comes out.
> >
> Upgrade issues are mostly because of people
> 
> A upgrading when the development distro is still unstable.
> B users not having ubuntu-base/ubuntu-desktop packages installed
> C users using backports or extras
> 
> A _should_ be mostly solved.
> Especially B is something that is easily avoidable.
> using backports or extras is supported, but this is still not tested as
> much as doing a straight upgrade, so take caution.
> 
> Hidde
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