[Mageia-dev] Remove upgrade functionnality in installer

Sat Jun 23 20:31:26 CEST 2012

Colin Guthrie wrote:
+> 'Twas brillig, and Anne Nicolas at 23/06/12 12:50 did gyre and gimble:
+>> Hi there
+>> 
+>> I'd like to propose this one:
+>> https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Feature:RemoveUpgradeInstaller
+> 
+> Hmm, I wonder if it should be fully removed, or whether it should just
+> require that an internet connection is present such that anything not
+> present on the media can be downloaded as needed. This could be a good
+> compromise?
+
+Indeed.  I remember discussion when the mga2 release was being prepared of removing upgrade capability from the CD/DVD, because that can be 
+problematic when not all of the packages are available.  I don't remember anyone proposing removing upgrade capability from DrakX altogether, 
+and we should absolutely *NOT* do that, that would be terrible!  Doing upgrades with urpmi is fine in some cases, but in others it's 
+better/easier/more reliable to just take the machine down and do it with the installer.  Using a HDD or net install from a local repository, 
+all packages are available and there are no problems, this has always worked well for several years.  Doing it with urpmi hasn't always worked 
+as well (usually has been fine for servers with minimal packages installed, but desktops with more stuff has been problematic at times).
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