* Dominique Leuenberger <Dominique.Leuenberger@TMF-Group.com> [Aug 22. 2006 12:34]:

Hi,

I wanted finally to have a look at the factory 'release' and contribute with some bug reports (possibly).

So my first question: - What's the best way in your eyes to get to the latest factory release? - Can I just install a 10.1 as used and then add the factory inst-source as a repository? A 'rug up' will then most probably install a lot of updated packages.

Would this work for tests or will the machine be in a 'strange' state after this?

It depends ;-) If version downgrades are involved (i.e. a package moving from a datum to a sane numbering scheme in its version: foo-20060501-1 -> foo-1.0-1), a simple 'rug up' won't help you. You have to boot from the install medium and run "system upgrade" in YaST. YaST prefers packages from the upgrade repository and takes the buildtime into account. During development of a new distribution, package upgrades might also fail due to errors in %pre/%post scripts. So be prepared to some manual work. Klaus --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org