[kwlug-disc] Can OSs demand too much?
Chris Frey
cdfrey at foursquare.net
Fri May 14 22:00:50 EDT 2010
On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 06:33:04PM -0400, Paul Nijjar wrote:
> The tools to make upgrades smoother are not perfect, but they are
> getting better. Having said that, I am not sure how often people do
> major upgrades in practice.
The box I'm on right now has been through two major Debian
upgrades. I have no reason to stop that practice either.
But upgrading is not a "fire and forget" experience. The last time
I did it, I actually created a VM of the system and did a trial run
first. That sure helped flush out any issues beforehand, while keeping
the system in a useable state.
And in the worst case, you can always purge and reinstall a package.
I don't understand why this is any worse than a full install.
- Chris
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