Thread: upgrade

On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 12:08 PM, William Bruton <drc@spidr.com> wrote:
> How do I know which version to upgrade to from 8.1.4?

you should first update to 8.1.latest so you've got all the bug fixes
available.  It's pretty close to painless, and unless the release
notes between 8.1.5 and 8.1.latest say you need to do anything out of
the ordinary, it's just a software update, no admin work to do.

Upgrading to a later version I'd go for 8.2 or 9.0.  8.3 removed a lot
of explicit casts that some (broken really) programs need to work
right.  So going to 8.3 or beyond you're making a commitment to
hunting down such code and fixing it.

9.0 is WORLDS ahead of 8.2 though, and well worth the effort, if
needed, to move to.

On February 2, 2011, "William Bruton" <drc@spidr.com> wrote:

> How do I know which version to upgrade to from 8.1.4?

>

Well, 8.1 is no longer supported, it seems. So an upgrade to any supported version will likely require application changes, or at least thorough testing. You might as well go right to 9.0.3 to get all the latest features.

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On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 11:50 AM, Alan Hodgson <ahodgson@simkin.ca> wrote:
> On February 2, 2011, "William Bruton" <drc@spidr.com> wrote:
>
>> How do I know which version to upgrade to from 8.1.4?
>
>>
>
> Well, 8.1 is no longer supported, it seems. So an upgrade to any supported
> version will likely require application changes, or at least thorough
> testing. You might as well go right to 9.0.3 to get all the latest features.

While I agree that going to 9.0.latest makes the most sense, if this
is a sundowned system, and they just need to get on a supported
version for now, 8.2 is nearly a drop in replacement for 8.1. We went
from 8.1 to 8.2 to 8.3...  The transition to 8.2 involved upgrading
and testing, and we had zero compatibility issues.  8.3 as a bit more
work.  Anything after that's been cake.