On Tue, 20 Jun 2006 08:28:33 +0000, Matt Giwer wrote this:
Is there any rational reason for it?
I just perused the packages for 4 and there were a mess of new ones
suggesting
compatible packages are on both repositories.
Of course an installation on a new machine should be 5 if for no other
reason
than to avoid a gig of upgrades on the first yum run but is there any
reason to upgrade a 4 installation to 5?
Probably better to wait for FC6 unless of course you just want a new
install. I assume since you haven't upgraded you can wait, maybe only
install even numbered releases. I install only odd numbered releases.
.
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