4.8 > 4.10 successful. Now > 5.x?
Bill Moran
wmoran at potentialtech.com
Wed Aug 25 13:03:55 PDT 2004
Curtis Vaughan <curtis at npc-usa.com> wrote:
> 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.
If you work with 5.3-BETA1, you'll be as close as possible to what
5.3-STABLE will be, thus giving you the easiest upgrade path in the
future.
However, I second the opinion that you'd be better off installing
5.3-BETA1 from scratch.
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Bill Moran
Potential Technologies
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