[ubuntu-za] upgrade or not

[Craig Paterson]

I've been fighting the urge to upgrade for the last 2 weeks...

On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 3:31 PM, Walter Leibbrandt
<walter+ubuntuza at translate.org.za> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Raoul Snyman wrote:
>> I have never had a problem. My server at home was running Dapper, and I did
>> the LTS to LTS direct upgrade without a single issue. My wife's laptop has
>> been upgraded from Feisty to Gutsy to Hardy without a single problem. My
>> desktop's upgrade process died half way for some arb reason, but with 2
>> commands I got it going again (albeit without a pretty GUI) and that was
>> all the "pain" I experienced.
>>
> I've had *very* similar experiences:
> - Upgrade a server from Dapper to Hardy with no X and *no* hassles.
> - Upgraded a PC from Feisty to Gutsy to Hardy with no problems.
> - Forcefully stopped an upgrade once... it didn't like that, but it's
> understandable. Got it back up with relative ease.
>
> Suffice to say, I'll be running Intrepid as soon as that upgrade icon
> appears. I guess all the problems with big Gentoo upgrades makes this
> seem like a breeze. :)
>
> Regards,
> Walter
>
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