Re: A true package manager.
I'd also like to see a dist upgrade that works instead of burning
CDs or
going through lengthy howtos on how to upgrade from FC55 to FC56
because kernel 7.5 has some new whizbang module that requires
modification of every config file in the system. Just as an example.
Many comments on FC1 to FC2 were that "anaconda" just does
a lot smarter
on upgrades than yum/apt. So, maybe a bit more poking around an online
anaconda update without reboot to floppy or some hacked grub boot image
would be great.
It's not that anaconda necessarily does 'smarter' things. It is that
anaconda is running OUTSIDE of the system. So less things can go 'boom'.
All of the items keeping you from upgrading from any release to the next
via yum or apt or up2date have all been related to changes to the
kernel.
fc1->fc2 lvm + selinux
fc2->fc3 udev + selinux
not much yum or apt or up2date can do about that.
-sv