Re: Upgrading from Fedora 14 to 15 -> some problems

2011-05-31 Thread Peter Jones
On 05/27/2011 08:14 PM, Kevin Kofler wrote: > So, can we have updates included for upgrades then? (IMHO, this should be > the default, or even better, required. Upgrading without updates enabled > just won't work reliably.) We'd certainly be willing to entertain a patch to enable the repo in case

Re: Upgrading from Fedora 14 to 15 -> some problems

2011-05-31 Thread Roberto Ragusa
On 05/28/2011 08:11 PM, Björn Persson wrote: > Adam Williamson wrote: >> the key is that we don't test any kind of real-world configuration, with >> anything other than default apps, actual user data in place and so on. > > And it shows. :-( My user account has been through many upgrades, and I've

Re: Dry Run was: Re: Upgrading from Fedora 14 to 15 -> some problems

2011-05-30 Thread Frank Murphy
On 30/05/11 18:13, Adam Williamson wrote: > > I think this is kind of a case of 'the map is the territory'; yum will > warn you about some problems it can detect pre-transaction, But neither the DVD or Preupgrade will do so, that is where a test would come in useful. > > Then there are problems

Re: Dry Run was: Re: Upgrading from Fedora 14 to 15 -> some problems

2011-05-30 Thread Adam Williamson
On Sat, 2011-05-28 at 12:51 +0100, Frank Murphy wrote: > On 27/05/11 19:36, Adam Williamson wrote: > >> > >> Huh? The release criteria say a "fully updated default installation". > > > > yeah, that's what I meant. install F(N-1) with all default options, > > update, then run the upgrade. > > > > th

Re: Upgrading from Fedora 14 to 15 -> some problems

2011-05-28 Thread Björn Persson
Adam Williamson wrote: > the key is that we don't test any kind of real-world configuration, with > anything other than default apps, actual user data in place and so on. And it shows. :-( My user account has been through many upgrades, and I've grown accustomed to having various problems that do

Re: Upgrading from Fedora 14 to 15 -> some problems

2011-05-28 Thread Jesse Keating
On 5/27/11 5:14 PM, Kevin Kofler wrote: >> > There was also possibly some terrifyingly bad interaction with running >> > multiple transactions for split media, but thankfully we've shed that >> > beast of burden. > So, can we have updates included for upgrades then? (IMHO, this should be > the d

Dry Run was: Re: Upgrading from Fedora 14 to 15 -> some problems

2011-05-28 Thread Frank Murphy
On 27/05/11 19:36, Adam Williamson wrote: >> >> Huh? The release criteria say a "fully updated default installation". > > yeah, that's what I meant. install F(N-1) with all default options, > update, then run the upgrade. > > the key is that we don't test any kind of real-world configuration, with

Re: Upgrading from Fedora 14 to 15 -> some problems

2011-05-27 Thread Adam Williamson
On Sat, 2011-05-28 at 02:14 +0200, Kevin Kofler wrote: > > There was also possibly some terrifyingly bad interaction with running > > multiple transactions for split media, but thankfully we've shed that > > beast of burden. > > So, can we have updates included for upgrades then? (IMHO, this shou

Re: Upgrading from Fedora 14 to 15 -> some problems

2011-05-27 Thread Kevin Kofler
Peter Jones wrote: > It's possible you're remembering correctly, but I doubt it. The only > issue that sounds similar to your hand-waving here, as I see it, is that > we (by way of yum) will always choose the newest available package. This > means if there's a higher version number on a package in

Re: Upgrading from Fedora 14 to 15 -> some problems

2011-05-27 Thread Adam Williamson
On Fri, 2011-05-27 at 14:27 -0400, Peter Jones wrote: > On 05/27/2011 02:06 PM, Adam Williamson wrote: > > On Fri, 2011-05-27 at 18:46 +0200, Kevin Kofler wrote: > >> Robert 'Bob' Jensen wrote: > >>> In the #fedora IRC channel I have seen 100 preupgrade failures for every > >>> one DVD upgrade fail

Re: Upgrading from Fedora 14 to 15 -> some problems

2011-05-27 Thread Peter Jones
On 05/27/2011 11:58 AM, Kevin Kofler wrote: > On Friday 27 May 2011, Tom Callaway wrote: >> So the code routines exist, they are just not tied into that method. >> Should be a straightforward patch, I look forward to seeing it from you. > > IIRC, when this originally came up, the Anaconda develope

Re: Upgrading from Fedora 14 to 15 -> some problems

2011-05-27 Thread Peter Jones
On 05/27/2011 02:06 PM, Adam Williamson wrote: > On Fri, 2011-05-27 at 18:46 +0200, Kevin Kofler wrote: >> Robert 'Bob' Jensen wrote: >>> In the #fedora IRC channel I have seen 100 preupgrade failures for every >>> one DVD upgrade failure roughly, I have nicknamed it preFAILupgrade. So >>> much so

Re: Upgrading from Fedora 14 to 15 -> some problems

2011-05-27 Thread Adam Williamson
On Fri, 2011-05-27 at 18:46 +0200, Kevin Kofler wrote: > Robert 'Bob' Jensen wrote: > > In the #fedora IRC channel I have seen 100 preupgrade failures for every > > one DVD upgrade failure roughly, I have nicknamed it preFAILupgrade. So > > much so I already had a draft started and was a bit shocke

Re: Upgrading from Fedora 14 to 15 -> some problems

2011-05-27 Thread Kevin Kofler
Robert 'Bob' Jensen wrote: > In the #fedora IRC channel I have seen 100 preupgrade failures for every > one DVD upgrade failure roughly, I have nicknamed it preFAILupgrade. So > much so I already had a draft started and was a bit shocked to read it was > a DVD upgrade failure... so as always YMMV.

Re: Upgrading from Fedora 14 to 15 -> some problems

2011-05-27 Thread Tom Callaway
On 05/27/2011 11:58 AM, Kevin Kofler wrote: > On Friday 27 May 2011, Tom Callaway wrote: >> So the code routines exist, they are just not tied into that method. >> Should be a straightforward patch, I look forward to seeing it from you. > > IIRC, when this originally came up, the Anaconda develope

Re: Upgrading from Fedora 14 to 15 -> some problems

2011-05-27 Thread Kevin Kofler
On Friday 27 May 2011, Tom Callaway wrote: > So the code routines exist, they are just not tied into that method. > Should be a straightforward patch, I look forward to seeing it from you. IIRC, when this originally came up, the Anaconda developers said that it isn't implemented because of some i

Re: Upgrading from Fedora 14 to 15 -> some problems

2011-05-27 Thread Tom Callaway
On 05/27/2011 11:17 AM, Kevin Kofler wrote: > On Friday 27 May 2011, Tom Callaway wrote: >> Last time I looked, anaconda supported enabling the updates (and >> updates-testing) repositories. > > Only for new installations, not for upgrades. So the code routines exist, they are just not tied into

Re: Upgrading from Fedora 14 to 15 -> some problems

2011-05-27 Thread Robert 'Bob' Jensen
- "Kevin Kofler" wrote: > > The DVD does not include updates when doing the upgrade, which means > it is > fully expected that some packages will not be updated because they're > newer > in Fedora 14 updates than in Fedora 15 GA. Running "yum upgrade" or > "yum > distro-sync" after the D

Re: Upgrading from Fedora 14 to 15 -> some problems

2011-05-27 Thread Kevin Kofler
On Friday 27 May 2011, Tom Callaway wrote: > Last time I looked, anaconda supported enabling the updates (and > updates-testing) repositories. Only for new installations, not for upgrades. Kevin Kofler -- devel mailing list devel@lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/ma

Re: Upgrading from Fedora 14 to 15 -> some problems

2011-05-27 Thread Tom Callaway
On 05/25/2011 11:43 AM, Kevin Kofler wrote: > I have been complaining about this brokenness for years, nobody cares about > fixing it. So I can only recommend to never upgrade from the DVD. And yet, I've never seen a patch from you on this topic. Last time I looked, anaconda supported enabling t

Re: Upgrading from Fedora 14 to 15 -> some problems

2011-05-25 Thread Kevin Kofler
Casimiro de Almeida Barreto wrote: > Upgraded from DVD. > > Just booted from DVD, chose the "install or upgrade" & then did default > stuff. The DVD does not include updates when doing the upgrade, which means it is fully expected that some packages will not be updated because they're newer in

Re: Upgrading from Fedora 14 to 15 -> some problems

2011-05-25 Thread Casimiro de Almeida Barreto
Em 25-05-2011 10:42, Robert 'Bob' Jensen escreveu: > - "Casimiro de Almeida Barreto" wrote: > >> Yesterday I upgraded my notebook from 14 to 15. >> >> Problems: >> >> 1st: it deleted network configurations. >> 2nd: rpmdb was left quite messed. Several dependencies non satisfied. >> As >> this

Re: Upgrading from Fedora 14 to 15 -> some problems

2011-05-25 Thread Robert 'Bob' Jensen
- "Casimiro de Almeida Barreto" wrote: > Yesterday I upgraded my notebook from 14 to 15. > > Problems: > > 1st: it deleted network configurations. > 2nd: rpmdb was left quite messed. Several dependencies non satisfied. > As > this particular box was already upgraded from 13 to 14, there we

Re: Upgrading from Fedora 14 to 15 -> some problems

2011-05-25 Thread Rahul Sundaram
On 05/25/2011 06:56 PM, Casimiro de Almeida Barreto wrote: > Yesterday I upgraded my notebook from 14 to 15. If you have specific bugs, do report them in bugzilla. General feedback should go into users list. Thanks Rahul -- devel mailing list devel@lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedorap