-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 On 2019-11-02 9:41 AM, Claudia wrote: > 'awokd' via qubes-users: >>> And to follow on, is there a way to tell if I have 4.0 or 4.0.1 >>> or >> 4.02rc2? >> >> If it's like previous releases, if you have Qubes 4 patched to >> the "current" (default) repository, you are running the latest >> point release (4.0.1). If you have it patched to >> "current-testing", you're running the current rc. >> > > This got me thinking... If I install 4.0.1 from ISO, it of course > enables the "current" (default) repo. However, if I install from an > rc ISO, does that enable "current-testing" repo? > > My feeling is that it must, because otherwise you'd be installing > "current-testing" packages from ISO, but then updating from the > "current" repo. Installed packages would be newer than updates. > > If that's the case, then installing from an rc is actually > different than installing from stable, because the former results > in a system using "current-testing" instead of "current". But then > this is contrary to saying that an rc declared stable is identical > to the resulting stable release. > > > > So, say I install rc2, and in five weeks it is declared stable. If > I want to use a stable system, do I have to manually switch the > repo over to "current"? >
I asked Marek about this. Here is his reply: "Basically the answer is 'current-testing' is disabled by default, even in rc builds. This may mean some packages on the rc installation image are newer than those in the stable repository, but the update mechanism won't try to downgrade them. In practice, there are usually very few changes affected by such a difference, as we do migrate as much packages as possible to stable prior to building the ISO." - -- Andrew David Wong (Axon) Community Manager, Qubes OS https://www.qubes-os.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAEBCgAdFiEEZQ7rCYX0j3henGH1203TvDlQMDAFAl3CR9cACgkQ203TvDlQ MDC6uQ//f0pBI+k1GK3xjhIEF07K2+2uJn92yUhSvzjglsFO2mLQHa/YuaYJHeFO +TgQSbsRQDLSGFX1VBM8YRjI9tpbPhF3AOWNUL7JfNI21g4w3fth2J4eSAGmrEnh mFUfXIiYZYbBZbr+Asm0Y9U8ButCSkQVIbUbSpnYewjr131XvNfC6ASg/PtVmcO7 i3+lkat/owRCGci2MxUCafBurvb8mV2PMVbGALhFAkX0pWCzBsX9AGug3ZMvXRsN A1CHVqFCHLDc3B7JnXIqt6HbhCU8ctrP5MMguAZ2JkFyhdZ1Yqt0VNoCokbS2kVX 5rbYaTJghK6fN4TbCbxqPdK+SWNO30N61Iw6bnm4U8FhVZsX/BM2gQIiFsznz7J6 jpqv09WcsCXFnMzlwajyIRzQBUGI3M//ZlCHIUaZpsUrPOABzmJOOnfDruBONxXZ ojORqzY1xiWsIn4xQdsLY2UoAG9Cs8D1JvAB1YXOQaJZDVb4WNyxhgUnB26qo8cb M9LK6FZHtlM+i4xRIkFkK2Qz+O0VLOPF7edwb+37AvTj9/dNmVdorF6pLJisee5M 9nfqngEPg+D76aqimn24H7tQy5z6KtBu5l257dd9SNdbqCqeGn6p/lGC8UyrdBc0 GzVcgbIQxwx5toTVQf5Sw6RHbf+dZo1pAe+ybPN3qHyyDI96oiU= =CxJF -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/5a185186-a482-ee55-e21e-f8eb26396526%40qubes-os.org.
