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Feature changed by: Andreas Jaeger (a_jaeger)
Feature #312799, revision 5
  Title: Safer distribution updates
   
- openSUSE Distribution: New
+ openSUSE Distribution: Evaluation by project manager
  Priority
-     Requester: Desirable
+     Requester: Mandatory
   
  Requested by: Michael Schröder (mlschroe)
  Partner organization: openSUSE.org
   
Description:
  Currently the documentation says that to do a distribution upgrade you
  should first update your software stack to the target distribution,
  then do a zypper dup. The software stack update can already kill your
  system.
  zypper could allow an option that makes it first install a miniroot
  containing the update stack itself, then automatically switch over to
  the miniroot to do the "zypper dup".
   
  Use Case:
- Bob wants to migrate his server from SLE12 to SLE13. Upgrading the
- package management stack fails, but he keeps his original system
- untouched.
+ Bob wants to migrate his server from SLE12 to SLE13 (or from SP1 to
+ SP2). Upgrading the package management stack fails, but he keeps his
+ original system untouched.
+ Joe wants to migrate his desktop from openSUSE 12.1 to 12.2.
   
  Business case (Partner benefit):
  openSUSE.org: Failsafe migrations for SLE
   
   

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openSUSE Feature: 
https://features.opensuse.org/312799