** Reply to message from "Rajko M." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Sat, 27 Oct 2007 06:10:04 -0500
> On Saturday 27 October 2007 04:58:55 am Stan Goodman wrote: > > > > Using 'Update previously installed system' option will attempt to update > > > all 10.2 packages (including base system and kernel) to versions > > > available in 10.3. I'm 99% sure there will be a lot packages that are not > > > on single CD and it will produce dependency problems with large number of > > > questions asking you to solve problems manually [2]. > > > > > > I started to d/l the DVD Thursday afternoon with KTorrent; it looks to > > finish the operation by Sunday morning. That opens the possibility, > > according to my understanding of your comments, of doing an upgrade from > > the existing v10.2 in situ, > > What means 'situ'? "in situ" = "in place". Sorry. > > and letting it do the package upgrades as > > required. As I understand what you have written, this should solve the > > dependencies all at once. That would mean accepting the online > > repositories. > > With DVD there is small chance that you need online repositories, and if it > happens that should not be monster download, so answer is now yes, you can > enable online repositories. My previous comments were for single KDE or GNOME > CD, but as you changed your mind to DVD you can discard comments related to > single CD. Yes. It dawned on me that there would be an advantage in having all that extra stuff available on the DVD. > There will be some manual work if you have some packages that are dropped (not > included) in openSUSE 10.3, but generally that is not large scale problem. > I had some warning about that, but installation finished without ptoblem. I haven't installed many packages from repositories; most of my additional programs are Java apps, which won't be touched by the upgrade. Neither will Java itself, unless the upgrade has a Java v1.6 release. > Don't forget to run YOU (YaST Online Update) or command > zypper up > after installation. There are some essential updates (patches). > Some came too late to be included on DVD, some are created after release. Will the proper repositories also be automatically available to YaST for this purpose, or I have to find them in order to get the patches? > Some people complain on tempo of changes, but Linux and free versions of BSD > are work in progress since creation. Developers doesn't wait openSUSE (or any > other distribution) to be released to work on their projects. They do that > all the time, and consequence is that distro is released and instantly you > have patches. > -- > Regards, > Rajko. > -- -- Stan Goodman Qiryat Tiv'on Israel REAL similes/metaphors by high school students; #19: The plan was simple, like my brother-in-law Phil. But unlike Phil, this plan just might work. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
