Getting to F18

[Kevin Fenzi]

On Sat, 15 Dec 2012 11:18:00 -0600
Bruno Wolff III <bruno at wolff.to> wrote:

> On Sat, Dec 15, 2012 at 09:53:56 -0500,
>    "Eddie G. O'Connor Jr." <eoconnor25 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >On 12/15/2012 09:07 AM, Tim wrote:
> >>On Fri, 2012-12-14 at 13:08 -0700, Kevin Fenzi wrote:
> >>>preupgrade is going away in f18.
> >>>It's being replaced by fedup.
> >>>http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedUp
> >>Sounds like an April 1st gag.
> >>
> >>Yes, I did look at the page.
> >>
> >So.....according to the site, there's a chance of a "middle-man" 
> >attacking your system when you use fedup?....so then what's the 
> >alternative? I would hate to implement something new and have it 
> >wreck my PC. Was this also th case with preupgrade and Fedora 
> >17?....I just find it weird that something like this wouldn't have 
> >been dealt with BEFORE implementation of a new way of doing things...
> 
> Unless you think you have a chance of being singled out by a
> goverment or if you don't trust some of the people/machines on your
> local network, this isn't a significant risk.

Additionally, F18 is not out yet, and there are still fedup bugs that
may or should be fixed before release as well as after release. 

I agree the concern listed on that page is overblown. 

kevin


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