On Monday 01 November 2004 18:00, Elliot Lee wrote:
And what should be my expectation for rc releases?
The same... "It ain't over till it's over."
This argument about the danger of upgrading is often given, but I have never seen the opposite danger of a new installation spelt out.
In my experience, the kernel in new installations frequently does not work - I haven't seen any kernel since Redhat-8.0 which ran on my not very unusual SCSI-only machine. I've also had problems with the kernels in new installations on my Sony Picturebooks.
Perhaps I am atypical, but I have found that the chances of a new installtion running are much lower than the chances of an upgrade running - because I can choose an old kernel I know to work with an upgrade.
Also of course if an upgrade does not work one can always try a clean installation, while the converse is not possible.