Here's my dumb question. If I install the Test 2 version of Fedora Core 4, can that be patched through Up2Date or yum when Test 3 and the full release comes out?

I'm reinstalling Linux and I don't know whether to reinstall core 3 or try the test version of 4. I'm curious if I would have to do a reinstall when the more polished versions of Core 4 come out or if it can just be patched.

Thanks!

I wud recommend you to go for fedora core 3 and not trying fedora 4 test 2 or whatever !!

Fedora Core 3 will serve your current purpose as the test version may have bugs or some lack of features.

Better go for FC3 rather than test versions. However, if u are a good Systems engineer or an analyst, you may go abt testing the version!

hi

fc4 stable is scheduled for june 2005

so a lot of testing is still going on so i would recommend you to go with stable instead of installing untested packages

regards

I probably will go that with Fedora Core 3, but do you know if the test versions get updated to the stable versions or does it require a full install when it comes out?

Test versions are never exactly the same as the complete released product, but you can always change your apt and yum sources to point from the development version to the release version. If you are not very good at problem solving if your system gets broken by problems with the test release, then you may be better off sticking with FC3 and then upgrading to FC4 stable when it comes out.

yes u can have fc4 test when u have stleast other stable distro

i always keep one stable distro and one distro which is new for me for testing.
atleast i am not stuck in a grave problem then

regards

According to http://fedora.redhat.com/participate/schedule/ the release date for FC4 is June 6...all devel,translation and builds are on "freeze" status. Only bugs are being fixed.

masand,
I think what the original poster means is can he install fc4 test2, and then update that install to test3, and finally the fc4 final release when that comes out. I was going to post the same question, as I'm presently on a special week long "high-speed preview" of my cable isp, which gives me 500kb/sec downloads. In one week, it goes back to my usual 30kb/sec "value" cable service.

For that reason, I was going to download test 2 now, and use yum to update to final later, if that's possible. Downloading 4 cd's at 30kb/sec would be quite an ordeal. I'm currently using Gentoo, and have used Mandrake for years, and Fedora sounds really interesting.

wrc1944

yes i undertand that,but what we are telling that u may install test2 but ,since it is not stable it may have some problems so if u are an advanced user then u can handle some of those or u will face some problems

regards

Thanks, but the question still remains.

Can we install test 2 now, and update with yum to test 3 and final release when they are ready, and wind up with a properly installed final FC4?

I don't mind a few problems, and expect them with test versions, and can deal with almost anything, as I'm pretty experienced with rpm and source distros. I'm just asking if the above would be possible, or if there is some inherent reason hard-coded by the developers into the test releases that won't allow the updating procedure described above to final?

Exactly! Personally I'm curious to see what Fedra Core 4 is like. I'm more than willing to deal with a buggy version so long as I know it can be patched when the full release is out.

Its ok if you install this distro as a test distro instead of a production distro, because during the test period there can be serious show stoppers that can break your system or prevent it from booting.

Hmmm. Sorry, but I still don't understand why we're not getting a definitive answer to the question (if, indeed, anyone knows).

I'll try again, by rephrasing it- maybe we are being misunderstood.

We know it's a test version, and expect problems with test 2- this doesn't matter.
What we wish to know is if we will need to re-download the entire 4 cd set for FC4 final, instead of being able to use yum to update to test3, and then update test 3 to final.

In other words, is there an unavoidable reason coded into test 2 so that we CAN'T do this?

In my case, my ISP "preview" of 500kb/sec ends Friday, and reverts back to my "value" service of 30kb/sec. I just want to avoid the ordeal of downloading 4 cds at 30kb/sec, and get test 2 while I still have the 500kb/sec connection.

I believe I answered your question already in my first post in this thread.

here's the answer for the question...

doing the job on behalf of reddazz...

(Sorry!)

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