Beta documentation: upgrades

[Zachary Oglesby]

On Mon, 2012-11-26 at 11:04 -0700, Pete Travis wrote:
> 
> On Nov 26, 2012 10:51 AM, "Zachary Oglesby" <zach at oglesby.co> wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, 2012-11-22 at 14:48 -0800, Adam Williamson wrote:
> > > Hey, folks. I just wanted to check in and see if someone's on top
> of
> > > documenting the upgrade process for Beta, as it's still somewhat
> manual.
> > > I don't believe it's going to be as simple as 'yum install fedup;
> fedup'
> > > - it'll at least involve feeding an explicit URL to fedup.
> > >
> > > We have a test case that documents the current procedure:
> > >
> > >
> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Testcase_upgrade_fedup_cli_previous_desktop
> > >
> > > I believe the target URL will change for the public release, but
> the
> > > procedure I think will stay more or less the same.
> > >
> > > Does someone want to co-ordinate with wwoods and tflink (who know
> the
> > > most about fedup, I think) to make sure this is documented in the
> Beta
> > > relnotes or whatever? Thanks!
> > > --
> > > Adam Williamson
> > > Fedora QA Community Monkey
> > > IRC: adamw | Twitter: AdamW_Fedora | identi.ca: adamwfedora
> > > http://www.happyassassin.net
> > >
> > Along with this I think that we need to put something in the release
> > notes, possibly in the installer section.
> >
> > Some along the lines of what is already on this[1] page should be
> > sufficient.
> >
> > "Beginning with Fedora 18 Beta, a new upgrade tool fedup has been
> > introduced, replacing older PreUpgrade. FedUp currently only
> supports
> > Fedora 17 -> Fedora 18 upgrades. If you want to upgrade Fedora 16,
> you
> > need to go through Fedora 17 as an intermediary step. More
> information
> > about the process [see the Install Guide]."
> >
> > [1]: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Common_F18_bugs
> >
> >
> > Zach
> >
> > --
> 
> +1. The fedup section of the Installation Guide is already underway,
> so this looks like the ideal way to handle it. 
> 
> 
> I'll drop in some copy along these lines, along with an admonishment
> shment that fedup replaces both preupgrade *and* upgrading via the
> installation image, when I get home this evening. Unless someone gets
> to it first. 
> 
> --Pete

I should have git pulled before I typed this. There is already something
in the release notes about this (in Installation.xml). But as others
have pointed out the process is still evolving so we need to make sure
that the documentation is accurate come release time.

Sorry for any confusion,
Zach 

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