Re: [Tails-testers] Tails 3.9-rc1 upgrade

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Author: Hugh Miller
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To: tails-testers
Subject: Re: [Tails-testers] Tails 3.9-rc1 upgrade
No worries, thanks for the update!

On Sat, Aug 18, 2018, 14:48 intrigeri <intrigeri@???> wrote:

> Hi Hugh,
>
> Hugh Miller:
> > I've been running the original 3.9 Beta that was was released a few weeks
> > back to test Veracrypt.
>
> Thanks a lot for testing this :)
>
> > As tails has now released 3.9 rc1 I would like to upgrade to it, but
> found
> > no documentation for that. Only how to upgrade from 3.8.
>
> You'll need to:
>
> 1. Download the ISO: https://tails.boum.org/news/test_3.9-rc1/
> 2. Follow our usual manual upgrade instructions, skipping the Download
>    and verify step: https://tails.boum.org/upgrade/

>
> > Is apt-get available for this: ?
>
> No, this is not going to work and can actually break your Tails.
>
> > As Tails releases newer version every 30 to 45 days upgrading rather than
> > complete reload would be more convenient.
>
> We do support (most of the time) automatic, incremental upgrades
> between our releases. But indeed, we usually don't support upgrades
> from development snapshots such as the VeraCrypt beta. We did not even
> give them a proper version number of their own so even if I had time
> to, it would be technically impossible to provide such an upgrade
> now :/
>
> Cheers,
> --
> intrigeri
>