On Wed, 1 Jun 2005, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
* Jon Nelson <jnelson-suse@jamponi.net> [06-01-05 08:27]:
On Wed, 1 Jun 2005, Hartmut Meyer wrote: ....
I know it is confusing and many people belive that this module is meant to do an update of the running system from one release to the next, but it is not.
Did you read the manual? It's chapter 2.3.4 "System Update" (SUSE Linux 9.2) in the big Admin manual.
What /is/ it there for, then, anyway? I don't have any manuals handy, and I sure as hell don't carry them around with me. Saying "Read the Manual" is, quite frankly, about the lamest response I've heard in a long time.
/more ranting removed/
Fine discorse. You are to be congratulated. You are slamming one of the few SuSE employes active on the list.
OK, I deserved that. I didn't read closely enough. Blame it on lack of sleep, mea culpa. CLEARLY he described what it's for, and I'm to blame for misreading his response. I certainly didn't intend to "slam" anybody, there is a huge difference between a difference of opinion and a personal attack. That issue aside, I think I've raised some questions that got lost in the noise, specifically the item about SuSE's inability to be upgraded while running. Additionally, Hartmut seems to agree that it's confusing to have an item "System Update" that doesn't appear to function as "many people" believe it does, and I feel that it's a problem. Fundamentally, it's not as big of a problem as the inability to upgrade while running, however. -- Carpe diem - Seize the day. Carp in denim - There's a fish in my pants! Jon Nelson <jnelson-suse@jamponi.net>