On 10/26/2007 07:33 PM, Aniruddha wrote: > 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 generally had a strong preference >> for using only clean installs, not upgrades. >> >> > Thank you for stating that. This is a valuable lesson. > > I must say I am puzzled by the inconvenient upgrade path openSUSE (and > most other distributions) offer. When you think about it any given > system is only the sum of the kernel, gnu-utils and software packages > like kde and X11. > > Look at Linux from scratch, you wouldn't install the whole system twice > because this is a waist of time, you only upgrade the packages you > need/want. In short we use the 'cathedral' model for handeling 'bazar' > type software. > > Where is the best place to propose an alternative? Novell bugzilla? > > I have to say I do not agree. I think SUSE provides one of the best upgrades possible (don't have a lot to compare though). I have mostly upgraded, starting seriously at 6.4 (though I tried 6.2 and 6.3). I skipped til 7.3, then 8.0, then 8.2, and upgrading was not that hard. They even document the changes from version to version. My present system had a new install (because it was new hardware) with 9.1, upgrades to 9.2, 9.3, 10.1, 10.2, and now 10.3. This may cause some small problems, but overall it works extremely well. I did do a new install at work when I upgraded from 9.3 to 10.2, since all the smaller changes that went from version to version are harder to deal with in such a big change in so many packages and in so many core areas. I do not mind the challenges brought by an upgrade, and my experiences since 6.4 have definitely not convinced me SUSE's upgrade path is inconvenient, but the opposite. But, like in most things, we all have our own personal opinions. Remember to have a lot of fun!
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