Re: Sarge Upgrade DEBOCLE ! ! !

[Tom Allison <tallison@tacocat.net>]

Brian Kimsey-Hickman wrote:
> Carl,
>
> You are absolutely right, please accept my apologies.  Please believe,
> I DON'T HATE YOU.  But the Slashdot article referenced Bill Allombert
> in an article on the Australian ZDNet Site:
>
> http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/0,2000061733,39196419,00.htm
>
> I think there are some valid arguments there and should not be ignored
> by the community.
>
> And, nope I ran dselct on a Friday afternoon like I always do without
> reading the release notes or anything.  I thought I only had to do
> that with my Microsoft systems.  Didn't have a problem in four years
> and didn't think I would have a problem this time.  And after I get
> upgraded to Sarge I am sure I will not have to worry about it again.
>
> In any case this is the typescript from my last upgrade attempt.

I didn't know about script.  Cool.

But don't trust everything you read on zdnet.  Some of these people like 
to write to hear themselves type...

If you really want to find out what's happening and are going to be very 
conservative about your upgrading.  Wait, watch the lists, and see what 
happens to other people.

I have seen very few messages about DEBACLE upgrades so far.  Much 
better than I've typically seen on SuSE/RHAT lists in the past.