[Aurora-sparc-user] v2.99 upgrade vs. Install to 3.0?

[Tom "spot" Callaway]

On Sat, 2007-07-07 at 19:25 -0400, Charles Tryon wrote:
> 
> I now have a working version 2.99 of Aurora running on my U2, doing
> pretty much everything that I need it to do.  (The
> system-config-something tools all seem to seg-fault, but I can work
> around most of those gui tools anyway.)  I'm currently on a project to
> consolidate several smaller Intel/Linux servers on my home network on
> to that one box.  It's actually running well enough that I trust the
> box to stay stable, though you can bet I'll be making lots of backups!
> 
> The question then is, what do I do when 3.0 finally comes out?

yum update. :)

> First, do we have any idea when 3.0 will be ready, other than, "When
> it's done"?  Not that I'm pushing!  I'm just trying to get a handle on
> what my options are.

I'm in the middle of moving. The earliest I can forsee 3.0 being done is
August.

> Second, is it likely that, given a working 2.99 install, is it going
> to be a matter of "upgrading", or a fresh install?  Again, no one can
> see into the future, but is there a general rule that Beta to Full
> Release migrations are really only safe if you install again from
> scratch?

yum update should do the trick. the only packages I see changing are
hal, and the system-config-* bits that segfault. Maybe kernel if someone
finds a showstopping bug.

~spot