I do know how to reply to the list ;-) - must have accidentally hit the wrong button - sorry.
Thanks for your info - I will try first on a virtual machine. On Thu, 6 Feb 2014 19:52:28 +0200 Shlomi Fish <shlo...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Shlomo, > > I assume you intended to send the message to the list as well, so I'm > CCing it. Next time please either make sure you hit "Reply to All" or > alternatively specify that the message is deliberately sent in > private (and why). (See my signature for more info). > > > On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 7:04 PM, Shlomo Solomon > <shlomo.solo...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > How safe is it to upgrade online? I can see the mgaonline > > notification on the panel. > > > > I've done it in virtual machines several times and it worked fine. > Some people have done it on live hardware. There may be some > complications, but as opposed to Mageia 2 -> Mageia 3 / etc. I don't > think there were any major breakages like the /usr-move or the > init->systemd transitions. Don't hold me accountable if something > breaks, but I believe it should be mostly fine. > > For doing such upgrades, I use command line tools like tmux, > urpmi.update and urpmi. > > > > > > When I was running Mandriva I always upgraded manually or > > re-installed so I don't know how dependable this is. > > > > It should be OK. I've done net upgrades in Mandriva too. > > > > > > Of course it goes without saying that I won't do anything without a > > full backup in place. > > > > That's always a good idea. > > Regards, > > -- Shlomi Fish > > > > > > On Sat, 1 Feb 2014 16:58:15 +0200 > > Shlomi Fish <shlo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > this is an announcement that Mageia Linux 4 was released today (1 > > > February 2014): > > > > > > * > > > > > http://blog.mageia.org/en/2014/02/01/new-year-new-resolutions-and-a-new-mageia-heres-mageia-4/ > > > > > > * > > > > > http://whatsup.org.il/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=7144 > > > > > > > > > This is both on schedule and just in time for FOSDEM. > > > > > > I'm looking forward for the package repository to become open for > > > uploads again because I have many pending updates to do. > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > -- Shlomi Fish > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Shlomo Solomon > > http://the-solomons.net > > Sent by Claws Mail 3.9.0 - KDE 4.10.5 - LINUX Mageia 3 > > > > > > -- Shlomo Solomon http://the-solomons.net Sent by Claws Mail 3.9.0 - KDE 4.10.5 - LINUX Mageia 3 _______________________________________________ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il