[mythtv-users] What's the best way to keep up with ATrpms updates?

[Phill Edwards]

I've got a mythtv box up and running. As I built it following Jarod Wilson's 
build guide it's therefore a FC2 o/s with Axel Thimm's RPMs. I'm wondering 
what is the best way to keep up to date with the latest releases on this 
type of setup:

- Do you just do "apt-get dist-upgrade" and hope everything turns out OK?
- What if I only want to upgrade the mythtv suite - would that be "apt-get 
install mythtv-suite", or
- "apt-get install mythtv-frontend" if I only wanted to upgrade the 
frontend?

How risky are these upgrades? Can things that once worked be broken after 
the upgrade and if so how do you back out? Does apt-get keep your existing 
config files after a package upgrade (such as xorg.conf) or will I need to 
redo those?

Finally, how do I see what is fixed in each package before I decide whether 
to upgrade or not?

I'm being a bit cautious here because now I'm up and running I don't want to 
stuff it all up!

Thanks in advance,
Phill