Using Fedup

Tim ignored_mailbox at yahoo.com.au
Fri Jun 19 17:33:17 UTC 2015


Tim:
>> Can someone explain what product=nonproduct actually means?  I've
>> looked at <https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedUp>, but it makes as
>> much sense as sale=nosale, to me.


Temlakos:
> Beginning with F21, Fedora spun itself into three main flavors: 
> workstation, server, and cloud. Three different flavors with different
> needs. The "nonproduct" flavor lets you upgrade from F20 to F21
> without trying to conform to a specific "product." Here's the thing:
> product workstation is GNOME and nothing but GNOME. That's all very
> well if you like GNOME or are migrating from the Mac. But we KDE users
> must use the nonproduct flavor to keep everything the way we have it. 

Ah, okay, I get it.  Poor choice of keywords, though.  Would have been
clearer if they'd used something more sensible.

-- 
[tim at localhost ~]$ uname -rsvp
Linux 3.9.10-100.fc17.x86_64 #1 SMP Sun Jul 14 01:31:27 UTC 2013 x86_64

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trying to privately email me, I will only read messages posted to the
public lists.

If you are not the intended recipient, why are you reading their email?
You bastard!





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