The upgrade process from RC 10.1-10.2 was abysmal. The upgrade does NOT take much notice of all the applications that currently exist and upgrade them all. For example. I have a KDE desktop with Kmail and associated files deleted and at the time Evolution installed with the addition of Monitor class applications, Wireshark and a few backup tools. When I upgraded I got a KDE desktop, New fonts, Kmail, NO Evolution,NO Monitor class tools, Some backup tools went missing a ZEN updater applet and in the desktop applet menu the open suse updater which would only stay in the system tray for 1 session and when ZEN was deleted it remained and worked. In other words it should read the total applications database and upgrade that database and install if required dependant files - Clearly 10.1-10.2 did not do this...If is saw a KDE desktop it performed a KDE pattern groups update and to hell with any other application outside the pattern group. sorry very passionate here Scott chika@cs.its.ac.id wrote:
do you mean that in your case it's better to get new installation than upgrade method?
if i look the development from 10.2 to 10.3 alpha i didn't see significant ... may be only kernel(if any) .. so the upgrade is better for me than took longer time to download n install it form beginning ==> give me the clues if im wrong about this
cheers,
tambun
For those people out there testing the next version of open suse 10,3 - could some great degree of testing involve testing the Product in a upgrade situation rather than a New installation. After I upgraded 10,1 to 10,2 RC I came across more bugs to the extent that the upgrade ability could only be rated as beta. I begin reporting upgrade bugs, however due to the enormity and frequent comment by suse.de (Then you should not buy new software). I was not prepared to waste more of my time. I always buy boxed software and my only plea for Alpha 10,3 that a great deal of testing is done via an upgrade (not clean) installation I have been testing software (given most of my earlier life's experience was with large Main Frame installations), and latter PC operating systems. The upgrade path for all New software application development is always the most difficult to achieve. As an active tester of RC software I need to gain some personal confidence that upgrade-ability has been tested by a few more dedicated other
Kind Regards and Good Morning 06:30 GMT+10 Scott