Re: why download the isos

From: Aaron Hughes (hughesac_at_clarkson.edu)
Date: 04/28/04

  • Next message: Pedro Fernandes Macedo: "Re: FC 2 Test 3 on DVD" 
    Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2004 18:15:06 -0400
To: tobias@weisserth.de, For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@redhat.com>

    Tobias Weisserth wrote:
    > Hi Aaron,
    >
    > On Tue, 2004-04-27 at 23:57, Aaron Hughes wrote:
    >
    >>Can't you change your settings in yum.conf to get updates from a fedora
    >>test3 repository and update that way instead of downloading the isos? I
    >>just figured there is probably a reason not to do that since it seems
    >>easier but everyone is downloading the isos.
    >
    >
    > Simple reason: people should test the installation routine ;-) That's
    > one way to motivate them ;-)
    >
    > Tobias
    >
    >
    Ah I see, I guess that is a good reason, after all it is the TEST release. 

    -- 
fedora-list mailing list
fedora-list@redhat.com
To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
  • Next message: Pedro Fernandes Macedo: "Re: FC 2 Test 3 on DVD"

    Relevant Pages

    • Re: A Very happy Camper on FC4
      ... With fedora, the big reason to change is that you'll stop getting ... Well the yum update seemed to have a whole lot of items for FC4, ... you are picking up all the updates from the FC4 release ...
      (Fedora)
    • Re: How does Firefox 2 get added?
      ... In short, there's no compelling reason to go to Firefox 2.0, and Fedora will ... Having gone ahead and installed Christopher Aillon's test packages on my ... Can anyone explain succinctly why my FC5 can process a dozen updates a week, including kernel updates, but this one is "just too much trouble"? ...
      (Fedora)
    • Re: fedora-list Digest, Vol 35, Issue 9
      ... As FC6 is the current "release" version of Fedora, is there any reason ... Updates to FC6 in general? ...
      (Fedora)
    • Re: How does Firefox 2 get added?
      ... In short, there's no compelling reason to go to Firefox 2.0, and Fedora will ... Can anyone explain succinctly why my FC5 can process a dozen updates a week, including kernel updates, but this one is "just too much trouble"? ... Fedora version of Firefox has pango related patches which enable better I18N support that would be need to be updated,tested and vetted through Mozilla for example. ...
      (Fedora)
    • Re: Fedora Core 6 No More
      ... I have been using fedora core 6 in production since its launch, ... Shall I continue using this version or shall I upgrade to Fedora 8?? ... Can I apply updates after end of life? ... You can always update the kernel without updating ...
      (Fedora)