Talk:Stable Upgrade: Difference between revisions

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This page is more complete than other upgrade pages, merge using this as template? [[User:Katie|Katie]] 22:51, 20 January 2008 (EST)
This page is more complete than other upgrade pages, merge using this as template? [[User:Katie|Katie]] 22:51, 20 January 2008 (EST)
:Alas, some of the complexity of the other pages derives from the need to support developer builds. We should probably maintain a completely separate path for them. But after Update.1, some of these instructions will change as well: we'll not be logging in as root any more: rather, we'll be using the su or sudo commands (TBD), so we'll have to maintain some differentiation even for the more casual user... --[[User:Walter|Walter]] 07:26, 21 January 2008 (EST)
:Alas, some of the complexity of the other pages derives from the need to support developer builds. We should probably maintain a completely separate path for them. But after Update.1, some of these instructions will change as well: we'll not be logging in as root any more: rather, we'll be using the su or sudo commands (TBD), so we'll have to maintain some differentiation even for the more casual user... --[[User:Walter|Walter]] 07:26, 21 January 2008 (EST)
Since the procedure seems to depend on what build a user is currently running, I would suggest telling the user how to find this information.

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This page is more complete than other upgrade pages, merge using this as template? Katie 22:51, 20 January 2008 (EST)

Alas, some of the complexity of the other pages derives from the need to support developer builds. We should probably maintain a completely separate path for them. But after Update.1, some of these instructions will change as well: we'll not be logging in as root any more: rather, we'll be using the su or sudo commands (TBD), so we'll have to maintain some differentiation even for the more casual user... --Walter 07:26, 21 January 2008 (EST)

Since the procedure seems to depend on what build a user is currently running, I would suggest telling the user how to find this information.