kde upgrades = risks, hassles, annoyances.

Dexter Filmore Dexter.Filmore at gmx.de
Tue Apr 5 19:18:19 BST 2005


On Tue, 5 Apr 2005 18:12:29 +0100
Basil Fowler <bjfowler at chanzy.eclipse.co.uk> wrote:

> I tend to agree about hassles with upgrades - but this is not just a KDE 
> problem.  For what it's worth here is my procedure. For this reason I prefer 
> clean installs.

(If I wanted to reinstall each time a new version was out I would have stayed
with Windows...)

> One trick I have - try out the new version on a non critical user account.   
> Also make a copy of the .kde directory as (say  .jeg) and start with a 
> spanking new .kde directory.  Copy over the details from the .jeg to the .kde 
> directories. This will through up the nasties, but in an orderly manner. 
> 
> If the worst comes to the worst, you can very easily return to the status quo 
> ante.
>  
> Hope this helps
> 
> Basil Fowler

That "other account" idea is simple, yet intriguing.
Still - *if* something borks, there's not much more that I can do but live
with it or wait for fixes.
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