Fedora is tested that it not only can upgrade from the stable version to the new version, say from 39 to 40, but it also must be able to upgrade from a previous version without issues, i.e. it should be safe to ugprade from 38 to 40. Doing a clean installation is mostly not necessary. Backing up one's home directory is never a bad thing. :)
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Fedora is tested that it not only can upgrade from the stable version to the new version, say from 39 to 40, but it also must be able to upgrade from a previous version without issues, i.e. it should be safe to ugprade from 38 to 40. Doing a clean installation is mostly not necessary. Backing up one's home directory is never a bad thing. :)