Jason Straight wrote:
>
> I think I would have to agree with this release often and make smaller
> changes, probably would help for stability and upgrades would probably go
> smoother too not having to update 99% of the rpm's from release to release.
>
There are never little releases. I've done too many software releases.
You want a long cycle. As large as this product is, doing short release
cycles, would be a killer for all involved. Get a good base and patch
as needed. I've found that typically what comes with the Mandrake
releases is pretty good and I just keep up with the patches that are
issued. I'm sure Mandrake will update things such as KDE and other
items as things are fixed up.
> I never upgrade myself - always partition so that I just format everything
> but /home, /var - backup /etc and start fresh.
>
After trying an upgrade install once a long time ago I just gun the man
install directories, saving the things I really want ( update
configurations ) and making sure the os independent items are on
different partitions. I just don't care for upgrade installs. You
typically end up with a system that is not as it's creators intended. (
Try doing a Win98 -> Win2000 upgrade, ick, tried that once, never
again.)
-randy
