Getting to F18

Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. eoconnor25 at gmail.com
Sun Dec 16 02:10:20 UTC 2012


On 12/15/2012 03:17 PM, Phil Dobbin wrote:
> 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...
>
>
Well I feel a little more at ease then. And I agree I should have 
noticed that all this applies to a release that hasn't BEEN released 
yet! Well I look forward to trying it out and seeing what its capable of...


EGO II


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