[mythtv-users] OT: What does Fedora 8 really have to offer?

[Michelle Dupuis]

I thought as of FC6 you could do in place upgrades...so no need to reinstall


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> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org 
> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Marvin Match
> Sent: Saturday, November 03, 2007 7:12 PM
> To: Discussion about mythtv
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] OT: What does Fedora 8 really 
> have to offer?
> 
> On 3 Nov 2007 at 9:16, Marc Barrett wrote:
> 
> > I've considered rebuilding my MythTV installation based on a new 
> > installation of Fedora 8, but I am starting to wonder what that 
> > release really has to offer.  Arguably what was supposed to be the 
> > biggest feature of this release -- KDE 4 -- was stripped out and 
> > pushed back to Fedora 9.  So I am thinking of just sticking with 
> > Fedora 7 for now, and waiting for Fedora 9 to rebuild my 
> installation.
> >
> Hmmm...
> 
> I would have to say that if Fedora 7 is working OK for you, 
> why upgrade at all? But:
> 
> I've used Core 4 since it was current. Now Axel has removed 
> support for it on the ATrpms repository, so to upgrade to the 
> latest MythTV easily, and to get OS updates from Fedora I 
> need to use something current. (yeah, that's an 
> overstatement, but clearly it's time)
> 
> Core 6 will be the next to fall off the map so that's not a 
> good choice, leaving 7 and 8 as the only reasonable Fedora 
> choices today.
> 
> So, I'll go with Fedora 8 for any system I'll build now, not 
> because it has anything in it that makes it better for 
> MythTV, but because it will continue to be supported for 
> longer than any other flavor of Fedora that is available today.
> 
> In your case, unless there is some other reason to upgrade, 
> personally I'd wait for 9.
> 
> Marvin
> 
> 
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