4.8 > 4.10 successful. Now > 5.x?

Curtis Vaughan curtis at npc-usa.com
Wed Aug 25 12:56:07 PDT 2004


On 25 Aug, 2004, at 12:11, Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P. wrote:

> 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
>
So, which of the 5.x should I install?  5.1, 5.2.1, 5.3?

I want to be as Stable as possible.

Curtis



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