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? -- Regards, Aniruddha Please adhere to the OpenSUSE_mailing_list_netiquette http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_mailing_list_netiquette -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
