upgrade?

[Robgould]

If I download and istall fc5 test 2, will I be able to upgrade to test 3 when it comes out, or am I better off waiting?

[Seve]

Hi:

Not sure it matters a great deal as FC5 test 2 or 3 is just a freeze along the way to the ulitmate production release. The difference would be in the amount of downloads/updates of test2 to get to the status of test 3. Although it might be a lot easier to install etc.. being FC5 test 3 versue test 2 as more bugs have been solved. Given that FC5 test 3 is about to be released in a few days (afaik) it might be better to wait?

Seve

[Robgould]

Thanks for the input. Maybe I will give Arch a shot in the meantime. I have read some good things about it.

[drunkahol]

Don't try upgrading from a clean test 2 to test 3.

There are a HUGE number of changes between test 2 original and rawhide.

I think there was a recompilation of everything in the release this weekend.

If you tried to upgrade from test 2 original to test 3, you'd download pretty much every RPM you had installed.

Cheers

Duncan

[RahulSundaram]

If I download and istall fc5 test 2, will I be able to upgrade to test 3 when it comes out, or am I better off waiting?


http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Testing

Clean installation is better as pretty much every package has been rebuild for the transition from GCC 4.0 to 4.1 as the system compiler among various other changes

[Joffer]

Don't try upgrading from a clean test 2 to test 3.

There are a HUGE number of changes between test 2 original and rawhide.

I think there was a recompilation of everything in the release this weekend.

If you tried to upgrade from test 2 original to test 3, you'd download pretty much every RPM you had installed.

Cheers

Duncan
My clean FC5 Test2 wanted to download about 1000 packages, counting about 1GB.. I downloaded FC5 Test3 DVD instead. Reinstalling now..