Proposed F19 Feature: Fedora Upgrade - using yum

Simo Sorce simo at redhat.com
Fri Jan 25 22:42:20 UTC 2013


On Fri, 2013-01-25 at 21:57 +0000, Matthew Garrett wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 03:51:14PM -0500, Frank Ch. Eigler wrote:
> > Simo Sorce <simo at redhat.com> writes:
> > 
> > > [...]  B) I will *not* trust an update system that cuts me out of my
> > > remote server and make me *hope* it will come up later. If yum
> > > freaks out for *whatever* reason I want to be there with an
> > > emergency shell open [...]  I've been saved more than once by a
> > > shell open during changes in the configuration or upgrades, that is
> > > non-negotiable to me. [...]
> > 
> > I agree that this capability is very important.
> 
> Nobody has suggested removing it. It'll continue to work as well (or as 
> badly, if you prefer) as it currently does.

Unfortunately, lately I have the impression you need to state even
obvious things very clearly lest they are removed 'to improve' the
system.

So, just making it clear.

Simo.

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Simo Sorce * Red Hat, Inc * New York



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