[Mageia-dev] Small remarks regarding mga 1 RC update from mdv 2010.2

[Thomas Spuhler]

On Thursday, May 19, 2011 04:13:40 am Daniel Le Berre wrote:
> Le 19/05/2011 12:49, Michael Scherer a écrit :
> > Le jeudi 19 mai 2011 à 00:49 +0200, Daniel Le Berre a écrit :
> >> Le 19/05/2011 00:12, Ahmad Samir a écrit :
> >>> On 18 May 2011 23:44, Daniel Le Berre <le.berred at free.fr> wrote:
> >>>> Hi guys,
> >>>> 
> >>>> I am currently updating a MDV 2010.2 with MGA 1 RC (32 bits).
> >>>> So far, so good (the install will take more than one hour, on a PIV).
> >>>> 
> >>>> I like pretty much the artwork. Very good job!
> >>>> 
> >>>> I noted a few details that are not crucial but may help making mga
> >>>> better :)
> >>>> 
> >>>> 1) When I launched the installation (using a DVD), I was a bit affraid
> >>>> when I saw only Install in the boot menu, no update choice.
> >>> 
> >>> That's what it always said in Mandriva, even when users intended to
> >>> upgrade to the new release included on the DVD.
> >>> 
> >>> [....]
> >> 
> >> But this is no longer Mandriva, so there is no reason to stick with that
> >> :)
> > 
> > But there is a freeze, and a freeze is a reason to not fix small issues
> > reported too late when there is more urgent fixes and stuff to do.
> 
> That's fine. It can be changed later. No problem with that.
> 
> > That's also we did beta and alpha isos, so we could have feedback as
> > soon as possible.
> 
> I decided to update production computers, to give some real update
> feedback. I could not install a beta or alpha on those systems.
> 
> To complete the experience, I updated a 64 bits MDV 2010.2, without any
> problem (Intel graphic chipset).
> 
> So far, I am pretty impressed by the easy migration from MDV 2010.2 to
> MGA 1.
> 
> Keep up the good job.
> 
> Daniel
> (now running mageia 1 RC)
Should an upgrade from Manriva 2010.1 work by adding the mageia sources and 
then use urpmi --auto-update.
If yes, I can test it.

-- 
Thomas