Hi, thx to some kind pointer off-list I found and checked http://en.opensuse.org/Product_Management/Code11/Upgrade This all looks great as long as you don't depend on an add-on with KMPs (aka driver kit) to get your machine booting. In that case a few things need to be addressd: - The inst source and the KMPs need to be protected from incidential force-deinstallation. They are not outdated per se, only if they are obsoleted explicitely. btw, in general the assumption that a package shall be removed if it has no successor will silently remove functionality. The user then has no choice to tell that he was not aware of this implication. So if some packages need to be removed for a dist-update, then there needs to be some mechanism that checks back with the user wether this really is what she wants (ovverridable with some '--yes-to-uninstalls'). - There needs to be a way to migrate several repos in one step simultanously, so the kernel and the KMPs get updated in one single step, before reboot. This simultaneous migration of base product and add-ons must not depend on an interactive tool, else it will not meet larger deployment's need for unattendend, prescheduled maintenance mass roll-outs. I can put this as known gaps into the wiki but I wanted to check back here before I touch that page. S. full quote below as it's been a while... Susanne Oberhauser <froh@novell.com> writes:
Hi,
if I have KMPs installed from some driver kit (add-on with registered online update source), and the drivers won't make it to the next product / SP release, then I'll need to upgrade the KMP's add ons alongside the base product.
Also, the KMPs (and the base products) need to be updated alongside the kernel, before a reboot, because after reboot without KMP update, the new kernel may fail to access the repos (network) or the disk (storage) or the display device (graphics).
Will this be fixed / work with 11.1? Where can I find info on how the integrated upgrade of base distro with add-ons is planned?
S.
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