[Mageia-dev] Small remarks regarding mga 1 RC update from mdv 2010.2

Fri May 20 03:10:09 CEST 2011

On Thursday, May 19, 2011 04:13:40 am Daniel Le Berre wrote:
+> Le 19/05/2011 12:49, Michael Scherer a écrit :
+> > Le jeudi 19 mai 2011 à 00:49 +0200, Daniel Le Berre a écrit :
+> >> Le 19/05/2011 00:12, Ahmad Samir a écrit :
+> >>> On 18 May 2011 23:44, Daniel Le Berre <le.berred at free.fr> wrote:
+> >>>> Hi guys,
+> >>>> 
+> >>>> I am currently updating a MDV 2010.2 with MGA 1 RC (32 bits).
+> >>>> So far, so good (the install will take more than one hour, on a PIV).
+> >>>> 
+> >>>> I like pretty much the artwork. Very good job!
+> >>>> 
+> >>>> I noted a few details that are not crucial but may help making mga
+> >>>> better :)
+> >>>> 
+> >>>> 1) When I launched the installation (using a DVD), I was a bit affraid
+> >>>> when I saw only Install in the boot menu, no update choice.
+> >>> 
+> >>> That's what it always said in Mandriva, even when users intended to
+> >>> upgrade to the new release included on the DVD.
+> >>> 
+> >>> [....]
+> >> 
+> >> But this is no longer Mandriva, so there is no reason to stick with that
+> >> :)
+> > 
+> > But there is a freeze, and a freeze is a reason to not fix small issues
+> > reported too late when there is more urgent fixes and stuff to do.
+> 
+> That's fine. It can be changed later. No problem with that.
+> 
+> > That's also we did beta and alpha isos, so we could have feedback as
+> > soon as possible.
+> 
+> I decided to update production computers, to give some real update
+> feedback. I could not install a beta or alpha on those systems.
+> 
+> To complete the experience, I updated a 64 bits MDV 2010.2, without any
+> problem (Intel graphic chipset).
+> 
+> So far, I am pretty impressed by the easy migration from MDV 2010.2 to
+> MGA 1.
+> 
+> Keep up the good job.
+> 
+> Daniel
+> (now running mageia 1 RC)
+Should an upgrade from Manriva 2010.1 work by adding the mageia sources and 
+then use urpmi --auto-update.
+If yes, I can test it.
+
+-- 
+Thomas
+