[opensuse] How does one upgrade to the next stable release of openSUSE?

2007-10-25 Thread Aniruddha
I am trying to learn as much as I can about openSUSE, however there is one crucial design philosophy I have difficulty to grasp; openSUSE way of handeling updates. I wonder: -Which ways are there to update openSUSE from one stable release to another? -Is it also possible to skip a release when u

Re: [opensuse] How does one upgrade to the next stable release of openSUSE?

2007-10-25 Thread Randall R Schulz
On Thursday 25 October 2007 12:42, Aniruddha wrote: > I am trying to learn as much as I can about openSUSE, however there > is one crucial design philosophy I have difficulty to grasp; openSUSE > way of handeling updates. I wonder: > > -Which ways are there to update openSUSE from one stable releas

Re: [opensuse] How does one upgrade to the next stable release of openSUSE?

2007-10-25 Thread Andrew Johnson
On Thursday 25 October 2007 21:28:23 Randall R Schulz wrote: > It is, but see below. I recall one person recently mentioning here (this > list) successfully doing a 10.0 -> 10.3 upgrade. More below. I have just done a 10.1 to 10.3 upgrade with hardly any problems. -- Andrew Johnson -- To unsu

Re: [opensuse] How does one upgrade to the next stable release of openSUSE?

2007-10-25 Thread Randall R Schulz
On Thursday 25 October 2007 14:33, Andrew Johnson wrote: > On Thursday 25 October 2007 21:28:23 Randall R Schulz wrote: > > It is, but see below. I recall one person recently mentioning here > > (this list) successfully doing a 10.0 -> 10.3 upgrade. More below. > > I have just done a 10.1 to 10.3 u

Re: [opensuse] How does one upgrade to the next stable release of openSUSE?

2007-10-26 Thread G T Smith
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Aniruddha wrote: > I am trying to learn as much as I can about openSUSE, however there is > one crucial design philosophy I have difficulty to grasp; openSUSE way > of handeling updates. I wonder: > > -Which ways are there to update openSUSE from one

Re: [opensuse] How does one upgrade to the next stable release of openSUSE?

2007-10-26 Thread Carlos E. R.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 The Thursday 2007-10-25 at 13:28 -0700, Randall R Schulz wrote: -Is it also possible to skip a release when updating? e.g. is it possible to update 10 to 10.3 or 9 to 10.2? It is, but see below. I recall one person recently mentioning here (this

Re: [opensuse] How does one upgrade to the next stable release of openSUSE?

2007-10-26 Thread jfweber
On Fri October 26 2007, Carlos E. R. scratched these words onto a coconut shell, hoping for an answer: > The Thursday 2007-10-25 at 13:28 -0700, Randall R Schulz wrote: > >> -Is it also possible to skip a release when updating? e.g. is it > >> possible to update 10 to 10.3 or 9 to 10.2? > > > > It

Re: [opensuse] How does one upgrade to the next stable release of openSUSE?

2007-10-26 Thread Aniruddha
On Thu, 2007-10-25 at 13:28 -0700, Randall R Schulz wrote: > Here are some of my perspectives, views and opinions. They are neither > authoritative, definitive nor official. > > - The view long held by those among us inclined to be conservative about > system stability and integrity have gener

Re: [opensuse] How does one upgrade to the next stable release of openSUSE?

2007-10-26 Thread Andrew Johnson
On Thursday 25 October 2007 22:54:11 Randall R Schulz wrote: > On Thursday 25 October 2007 14:33, Andrew Johnson wrote: > > On Thursday 25 October 2007 21:28:23 Randall R Schulz wrote: > > > It is, but see below. I recall one person recently mentioning here > > > (this list) successfully doing a 10