Software repository question

[Ioannis Vranos]

On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 4:54 PM, Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> Yes, true, but the official upgrade path is only from one release to
> *the next*. If you stayed on 9.10, for example, the only
> officially-sanctioned way to get current today is to go:
>
> 9.10 -> 10.04 -> 10.10 -> 11.04
>
> So if you "stay behind" then it either means you are just postponing
> the pain of multiple upgrades - you're still going to have to do them
> sometime - or you are compelling yourself to do a wipe & reinstall at
> some point down the line.


Yes, personally I prefer clean installs as a home user.

However I think that if a home user is in a hurry, he may keep the
/home directory, perform a clean install, and use the system without
major issues.

I am not sure the official upgrade path in the style 9.10 -> 10.04 ->
10.10 -> 11.04, modifies something in the home directories anyway.




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