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   unruh to Adam   
   Re: Mandriva SA to transfer distro to an   
   22 May 12 18:26:18   
   
   From: unruh@invalid.ca   
      
   On 2012-05-22, Adam  wrote:   
   > unruh wrote:   
   >> On 2012-05-21, Adam  wrote:   
   >>> I'm waiting on migrating from Mandriva  2010.0 until I have some   
   >>> idea which of the two distros is likely to be around long-term.   
   >>   
   >> Yes, but this could take a while.   
   >   
   > True.  There's even a (IMHO small) chance it might never happen at   
   > all and both distros continue development.   
   >   
   >> Mageia 2 is still in RC status, so waiting a week or so would be good.   
   >> But in any case, a reinstall rather than an update would be a good idea.   
   >   
   > Okay, once the official release of Mageia 2 comes out, I'll install   
   > it on another partition.  I've intentionally never done a distro   
   > upgrade, only fresh installs, and on separate partitions from my   
   > "production" system.   
      
   Mageia 2 is "out" (ie on the mirrors) -- not as an iso yet, but the   
   i586/x86 directory trees.   
      
   >   
   > Adam   
      
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