Should I go from Dapper to Feisty?

Charles Yao admin at greenleecp.com
Mon Mar 19 08:16:12 UTC 2007


On 3/13/07, Vincent Trouilliez <vincent.trouilliez at modulonet.fr> wrote:
>
> Jim Smith <jim at oz.net> wrote:
> >  In your opinion which would be the best upgrade path?
>
> >  a. Back up /home/jim, wipe partition clean and install fresh?
>
> If you are willing/prepared/able to do that, then that would best, and
> it will give you the opportunity to create a separate /home partition,
> so that in the future you wipe the system without having to worry about
> your data, you will be back up and running in just 10 minutes, the time
> it takes to install from the Live CD.
>
> >  b. Upgrade from CD?
>
> No, no no no. Upgrades (via the upgrade tool/update manager) are
> designed to be done only from one release to the next.
> You could still do it, though, but you would have to do it now, by
> upgrading to Edgy first. Then once that is done and succesful, run the
> upgrade too again to reach Feisty.
>
> >  c. Upgrade using "apt-get dist-upgrade?"
>
> That's not recommended, and is why the update manager has
> been developed, as it's more clever, and will yield a smoother
> transition.
>
> > Considering that Feisty is still"pre-release" How much is still broken?
>
> I am afraid you can't think of it this way, that would be too easy ;-)
> For example for me it works just fine, but on your particular machine,
> with your particular requirements, it may be that a particular bug will
> be a show stopper for you, but not for other people. The only way to
> find out is to install it first, run/use/test it for 3 days, and see for
> yourself how it is broken on YOUR particular machine ;-)
>
> > I need to do some work on this machine so there has to be some
> continuity.
>
> Work = don't use development versions, period ;-)
>
> > Should I wait for a possible Herd6?
>
> You should wait for the final version.
>
> The release schedule is there:
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FeistyReleaseSchedule
>
> The wisest thing once could advise, given that the release date is
> quite close, is to wait 5 weeks for Feisty to be released/final, then
> do a clean install since you are prepared for it, or if you want to
> upgrade in-situ, then use the update-manager not dist-upgrade, AND
> update to Edgy first, then run it again to update to Feisty, when it is
> released.
>
>
> HTH
>
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I personally believe that it is safer overall just to wait for the release.
I've had a few systems get broken upgrading.

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