Randy Kramer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I had trouble upgrading from kde 2.0 to kde 2.1 (on Mandrake 7.2)
> (possibly because I'm pretty much a newbie).
>
> Still, I was disappointed when one of the responses I got from the
> cooker list was that the binary RPMs to upgrade Mandrake 7.2 to kde 2.1
> are unsupported. (I since learned about expert and should have asked
> for help there, but have not.)
>
> It is also disappointing that I did not see any mention of this intent
> not to support the upgrade to kde 2.1 on the web pages. (To be honest,
> I have not looked that hard, but it was not obvious when I went to
> download the rpms.)
>
> What is Mandrake's policy on package upgrades? Is it the policy to sell
> / distribute a given distribution (7.2) and the only supported upgrade
> path is the next revision of the distribution (8.0)? What is the policy
> of other distributions?
>
No that's wrong, we support upgrade between versions but we don't
support upgrade from the unsupported/MandrakeFreq repository of
packages. This repository is available as is and we don't make a lot
of tests on it.
--
Fred - May the source be with you
