extras is supported? backports is but I do not believe extras is. avanspronsen <div>On 9/10/05, HC Brugmans <<a href="mailto:hcbrugmans@gmail.com">hcbrugmans@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Ben Novack wrote: > On 9/10/05, Steve Myers <<a href="mailto:ulist@gs1.ubuntuforums.org">ulist@gs1.ubuntuforums.org</a>> 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 -- ubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> <a href="http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users">http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users </a> </blockquote></div> -- ---------------------------------------------------- Gmail - Hits the spot! :-) GPG Key ID: 1024D/F18A34B9 2005-08-27 Andrew VanSpronsen (E-mail key) <<a href="mailto:avanspronsen@gmail.com"> avanspronsen@gmail.com</a>>