On 2/9/2012 1:30 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: > On 02/09/2012 10:00 AM, Paul Allen Newell wrote: >> David: >> >> Thanks for the link, I was unaware of this change for F17. > > Yes indeed. When I read what was going to be done, my first thought > was, "Dear Ghod in Heaven, *why?*" By the time I reached the bottom of > the page it all made sense. One question, though: will there be a way > to recover the disk space used by the now-redundant directories? I know > that with modern disks the amount lost is probably trivial, but I go > back to the days when a 40MB drive was *huge,* and I still don't like > wasting space for no good reason. Besides, it's untidy.
I read about this and, to me, it really makes good sense. I agree with this. But... As I understand it... and I am certainly *not* a Linux genius... this is currently not automatic with a DVD or 'online' update from 'older Fedora' to Fedora 17. Work-in-progress stuff. It does not work. Following the instructions on the page, me, updated Fedora 16 twice and succeeded once. Attempting to update an existing Rawhide, twice, failed twice. And these were 'plain' installs. Certainly nothing exotic. As I said I do not consider myself a 'Linux genus' but I can read, comprehend, and follow directions. I *do not* expect Joe/Jane Average User to be able to follow those instructions. Would you? Nor would I expect (s)he to. This has to *just work*, seamlessly and painlessly, out-of-the-box or the b*tching will start on release day. IMHO -- David "May your road lead you to warm sands." -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
