Re: upgrading to RH7.0 despite Helix?

[otaylor fresnel labs redhat com]

Pär Ekholm <pelle ekh ktv koping se> writes:

> > > If i upgrade to RH7.0 can i still use the already installed Gnome-Helix
> > > and just wait until there is support or won't i then be able anymore
> > > to ever upgrade my Helix installation?
> >
> > RH7.0 clobbers almost all of Helix GNOME.  It's still GNOME 1.2, but it
> > does look a bit different.  Until Red Hat 7.0 is supported by Helix
> > Code, the Helix updater won't work, either.  That should change soon,
> > though.
> >
> > > So should i wait for Helix or can i already upgrade to RH7.0?
> >
> > Helix GNOME will be available for Red Hat 7.0 in the very near
> > future.  Your call.
> >
> > --
> > -Mark Gordon
> >
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> 
> This discussion is very interesting because i`ve helix-gnome installed and
> recently upgraded to RH7.0. It is true that the helix-updater do not work
> anymore but my helix-gnome-environment work wery well. And i can actually
> install helix-packages with gnorpm after i have download packages from
> ftp.helixcode.com with ncftp. I have not tried to download packages with
> netscape but i are not certain about if it will work. How is that? Can
> someone explain more about this incompatibilities with RH7.0 and earlier
> versions. I must add that when i had upgraded the system to 7.0 i rebuild
> the rpm-database with the command for that: rpm --rebuilddb.  What is
> happened?


When we created the packages for Red Hat Linux 7, we specifically
versioned them so that they would replace the Helix Code packages 
built against Red Hat 6.2. Not because we hate Helix Code or want
to exert our dominance, but because:

 - there have been a lot of changes to the underlying, and we felt
   more comfortable with packages built against RHL 7.
   So, until Helix Code had a chance to built new packages, we
   wanted to make sure our packages were installed.  

 - we couldn't really do quality control if some of the core 
   packages came from Red Hat and others from Helix Code.

So, what you have is not really "Helix GNOME", it is "Red Hat GNOME
with a few remnants of Helix GNOME".

But GNOME-1.2 is still basically GNOME-1.2, so yes, it won't look
that different, and most likely add-on packages you download
from Helix Code will still work.

Regards,
                                        Owen