4.8 > 4.10 successful. Now > 5.x?

[Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P.]

Curtis Vaughan wrote:

> Ok, it looks as though cvsup from 4.8 to 4.10 has been successful.
>
> Now, first off I want to say that I want this server to be a second 
> Postfix / Courier IMAP server (our other is on a RedHat server, but 
> that's irrelevant).
>
> I feel that I should go ahead and first upgrade to 5.x and then 
> install Postfix and everything else I will need (e.g., PAM/LDAP 
> authentication, user folders, Samba, etc.).  Otherwise, I'm afraid I 
> stop at 4.10 and install all the applications I need, then when I 
> really want to upgrade to 5.x I may find myself in trouble. But I am 
> interested in what the rest of you think.
>
> Curtis


For various reasons, most of us mere mortals are advised
to simply backup and install 5.x to a new disk (or a cleaned
one, anyway).

I started to say why ... I find that I can make a list of new
features in 5.x, but am not necessarily aware of which
features make a complete reinstallation desirable.  I do
know that you can't use ufs2 unless you reinstall....

Kevin Kinsey