Should I upgrade to 4.9?

Kris Kennaway kris at obsecurity.org
Wed Oct 29 15:01:07 PST 2003


On Wed, Oct 29, 2003 at 05:52:09PM -0500, Dragoncrest wrote:
> 	I'm upgrading all my workstations to 4.9 tonight, but I have a small 
> 	mail server (p120 with 120m ram) that's running 4.8 that does nothing more 
> than fetch mail, sort it, scan it, then deliver it locally for me to pick 
> up at my leisure.  I'm wondering if it would be in my best interests to 
> leave it at 4.8 for right now or go ahead with the 4.9 upgrade.  The mail 
> server is my only mission critical machine right now, so that's why I'm 
> asking this.  It's the only box I can't afford to have go down.  Any help 
> or suggestions is welcome.  Thanks.

Do you need to update it (security advisories, etc)?  If yes, then
update.  If no, then don't ;-)

Kris
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