Mageia Linux 4 is out.

[Shlomo Solomon]

I do know how to reply to the list ;-) - must have accidentally hit
the wrong button - sorry.

Thanks for your info - I will try first on a virtual machine. 

On Thu, 6 Feb 2014 19:52:28 +0200
Shlomi Fish <shlomif at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Shlomo,
> 
> I assume you intended to send the message to the list as well, so I'm
> CCing it. Next time please either make sure you hit "Reply to All" or
> alternatively specify that the message is deliberately sent in
> private (and why). (See my signature for more info).
> 
> 
> On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 7:04 PM, Shlomo Solomon
> <shlomo.solomon at gmail.com>wrote:
> 
> > How safe is it to upgrade online? I can see the mgaonline
> > notification on the panel.
> >
> 
> I've done it in virtual machines several times and it worked fine.
> Some people have done it on live hardware. There may be some
> complications, but as opposed to Mageia 2 -> Mageia 3 / etc. I don't
> think there were any major breakages like the /usr-move or the
> init->systemd transitions. Don't hold me accountable if something
> breaks, but I believe it should be mostly fine.
> 
> For doing such upgrades, I use command line tools like tmux,
> urpmi.update and urpmi.
> 
> 
> >
> > When I was running Mandriva I always upgraded manually or
> > re-installed so I don't know how dependable this is.
> >
> 
> It should be OK. I've done net upgrades in Mandriva too.
> 
> 
> >
> > Of course it goes without saying that I won't do anything without a
> > full backup in place.
> >
> 
> That's always a good idea.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> -- Shlomi Fish
> 
> 
> >
> > On Sat, 1 Feb 2014 16:58:15 +0200
> > Shlomi Fish <shlomif at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > this is an announcement that Mageia Linux 4 was released today (1
> > > February 2014):
> > >
> > > *
> > >
> > http://blog.mageia.org/en/2014/02/01/new-year-new-resolutions-and-a-new-mageia-heres-mageia-4/
> > >
> > > *
> > >
> > http://whatsup.org.il/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=7144
> > >
> > >
> > > This is both on schedule and just in time for FOSDEM.
> > >
> > > I'm looking forward for the package repository to become open for
> > > uploads again because I have many pending updates to do.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > -- Shlomi Fish
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Shlomo Solomon
> > http://the-solomons.net
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> >
> >
> 
> 



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