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From: paula@bcsaic.UUCP (Paul Allen)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: The Upgrade Process
Keywords: upgrade process version patch 1.5.5
Message-ID: <22163@bcsaic.UUCP>
Date: 23 Mar 90 21:46:53 GMT
References: <3450@hp-sdd.hp.com> <853@ruunsa.fys.ruu.nl>
Reply-To: paula@bcsaic.UUCP (Paul Allen)
Organization: Boeing Computer Services AI Center, Seattle
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In article <853@ruunsa.fys.ruu.nl> nmutsaer@ruunsa.fys.ruu.nl (Peter Mutsaers) writes:
>In article <3450@hp-sdd.hp.com> charles@hp-sdd.hp.com (Charles Keith) writes:
>
[... about how hard upgrading is ...]
>
>Yes I agree, I was very enthousiastic with minix on my ST in the beginning
>(especially the ST, which has patches on the patches on the updates
>for the PC is awful) but I have been driven away from minix, I would have to
>spend hours a day just to keep up to date! I'll wait until another
>solution comes available.

I don't think it's that bad.  I spend some time each day keeping up with
the newsgroup.  (And that time goes up if I feel a need to stick my
oar into the conversation.  :-) )  The 1.3 to 1.5.5 upgrade has been
fairly smooth, and I got here via 1.5.0, 1.5.2, 1.5.3, and 1.5.4!  I
tend to do upgrades in big marathon sessions on weekends, and there
aren't that many upgrades over the course of a year.  In between
upgrades, I can choose which patches to apply.  Unless there's some
specific problem I want to solve, I generally don't take the time
to apply any patches.

So, while I'm sorry to hear some people are discouraged, my enthusiasm
is as high as ever!

Paul Allen



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