Jaunty still in Beta?

[Charlie Kravetz]

On Fri, 24 Apr 2009 01:10:11 +0300
Dotan Cohen <dotancohen at gmail.com> wrote:

> > Conf changes are dealt with during updates. The update manager
> > *should* be telling the user about the changes and asking for
> > suggestion what to do with them (install new version, see diffs,
> > leave them alone, etc.). For a taste, try aptitude (command line)
> > for an update which involves conf changes. This happens all the
> > time in Debain Testing and more frequently in Debain Unstable.
> > Aptitude is designed to deal with these things gracefully. In your
> > case, if the GUI update manager does not deal with these
> > gracefully, then the GUI manager is broken in some way. Please file
> > a bug.
> >
> 
> I update via apt-get, not some GUI. And the alphas and betas are not
> designed to be updated into a release. It's nice that it happens to
> work out, but that is not what they are designed for.
> 
> > Again, other than bugs and stability (including conf changes),
> > nothing is different. If the release notes tell otherwise, that is
> > just an aspect of stability and bug fixes. But aptitude tracks the
> > same release as it evolves. By the time you reach a stable release,
> > it is no different than a newly installed release except your own
> > conf changes.
> >
> 
> That is wrong, many removed features still leave config files lying
> around, that will bite you when they are added in future versions if
> not purged.
> 
> I'm not going to fight with you or convince you. If you want to update
> alpha-beta-RC-release then go for it, I do not administer your system.
> But do not think that you are following a safe upgrade path.
> 

Well, that's strange. When I started testing, I was told to not enough
consider reinstalling when the final comes out. Of course, that was at
Alpha2 and it was the developers telling me. As long as the system is
updated, it is the equivalent of the final, no matter when you started
in the cycle. 

I guess without your references why it is wrong, I will continue to
follow the advice of those actually creating this great distribution.


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