Getting to F18

[Phil Dobbin]

On 12/15/2012 05:18 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:

> On Sat, 2012-12-15 at 09:53 -0500, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. 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...
> 
> Note that the above page is still in Beta and that F18 has not been
> released yet. I imagine that once it is released we'll see the usual
> posting of SHA checksums on multiple sites, making it as secure as is
> practically possible (for those that actually bother to check).

Having read the FedUp author's blog at that link, it all sounds rather
good if it all works out which I'm sure it will (eventually).

Along with boot.fedora.org, for which I've downloaded both the iso & the
usb but have yet to try, it's all seems very healthy & wholesome. Good
stuff (usual codicil applies).

Cheers,

  Phil...


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