do you have a separate /home partition or just a /home directory?
backup this especially before you upgrade - just in case!
if you choose to upgrade via repo change - it seems you suggest this, any new configuration files can be reset by selectively importing your old ones from your backup.
if you choose to upgrade via CI.iso, choose the upgrade option, then after upgrade completed and you have rebooted, run the cli upgrade a couple of times to upgrade the packages you added after your initial install, as they wont be on the .iso.
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urpmi --auto-update
, just to be sure everything is upgraded.
another option is to run a new install from Mga8 CI.iso but choose not to format /home (if a separate partition), then after completion and reboot, manually add those applications you added to your previous Mga7 install.
if not a /home partition, you will have to import your personal settings / configuration files from your backup.
upgrades from Mga7 to 8 will be tested by QA to the best of their abilities / hardware, but unfortunately, they cannot test every permutation of software installed.
total # of user applications with a GUI on a CI.iso is about 350. the online repos contain thousands of packages