Bug 1951400 - feature request: dnf-system-upgrade website instructions for upgrade from previous to beta then to final release
Summary: feature request: dnf-system-upgrade website instructions for upgrade from pr...
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Status: NEW
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Product: Fedora Documentation
Classification: Fedora
Component: install-guide
Version: devel
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Petr Bokoc
QA Contact: Fedora Docs QA
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Reported: 2021-04-20 04:49 UTC by william.garber
Modified: 2021-04-20 05:30 UTC (History)
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Description william.garber 2021-04-20 04:49:45 UTC
Description of problem:

feature request

https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/quick-docs/dnf-system-upgrade/

since MANY people use this web page,
would like to suggest edit to above web page of yours:

instructions for how to upgrade
first from fedora 33 to 34 beta
next from fedora 34 beta to 34.

if that is the answer, you should make it 
explicitly obvious like 
"after upgrading to 34 beta, if automatic
updates are in place it will automatically
upgrade to 34 final when 34 final is released."


Additional info:

the instructions were found on the below website
and are copied below:

https://fedoramagazine.org/announcing-fedora-34-beta/



the name is simply 34.
And, it’s enough that you upgrade your system just once.
F34 Beta will evolve into F34 on (?)April 27–
all you should do is a regular update of packages
while no rebasing of the system is necessary.

sudo dnf upgrade –refresh
sudo dnf install dnf-plugin-system-upgrade
sudo dnf system-upgrade download –refresh –releasever=34
sudo dnf system-upgrade reboot

This website of yours below also answers the 
question:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Upgrading_from_pre-release_to_final
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/Branched#Yum_update_from_previous_official_release

" Performing the upgrade

You shouldn't need to do anything to get the final public release, 
other than install package updates as they become available. 
You can use "sudo dnf update" or wait for desktop notification. " ...

the disadvantage is that

"There may be some differences from a fresh install 
because the installer can do certain things slightly differently 
than the package update system."

and I would disable the testing and rawhide repositories as explained there.

DUH !!!! 
I have now found
https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/quick-docs/upgrading/
which has all this information;
so in conclusion maybe you should wipe out the first site
https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/quick-docs/dnf-system-upgrade/
to avoid other people from embarassing themselves :-)


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