Samuel Verschelde wrote: > Le vendredi 8 juin 2012 20:20:54, David W. Hodgins a écrit : >> On Fri, 08 Jun 2012 10:22:41 -0400, Samuel Verschelde >> <[email protected]> > wrote: >> > I think you missed my point. If Mageia 1 "backports" has higher >> > versions than Mageia 2 "release" (not backports), upgrade can fail >> > because currently our tools do not take backports from the target >> > release (mageia 2) into account when upgrading a distro. >> >> In the upgrade from Mandriva 2010.2 to Mageia 1, it was made clear, that >> upgrading from a system with 2010.2 Backports was not supported. It may >> work, but was not recommended. >> >> I think we should keep the same policy for the upgrade from Mageia 1 to >> 2. >> I.E. Don't use backports if you are planning on later doing an upgrade, >> rather then a clean install. >> >> That way, Mageia 1 users who want firefox 13 can get it, without us >> having to replace the Mageia 2 iso images with an upgraded installer, >> that will keep backports enabled for 2, if it was enabled for 1. >> >> Regards, Dave Hodgins > > Again, this is not the policy we adopted. When we defined the backports > policy (together, although it seems most people are just discovering it > now) we said that we didn't want to have backports that don't work, break > a system, or prevent upgrade. > > However, I think that for DVD upgrade without internet access this is a > sensible option. But the upgrader should detect the situation itself, not > hope that the user will read somewhere in the release notes that it's not > supported.
No, just include Cauldron's backport repositories (disabled by default) inside the DVD iso. Upgrade to the release version, if possible. If that is not possible, upgrade to the version in backports. > And there should be a way for those who have internet access to upgrade > online *with* backports too. > > Samuel -- blind Pete Sig goes here...
