Should I upgrade to 4.9?

[Kris Kennaway]

On Thu, Oct 30, 2003 at 03:39:04PM -0000, Chris Howells wrote:
> > On Wed, Oct 29, 2003 at 05:52:09PM -0500, Dragoncrest wrote:
> 
> > Do you need to update it (security advisories, etc)?  If yes, then
> > update.  If no, then don't ;-)

I wrote the above, not "dragoncrest".  Please don't mung attributions :)

> Considering that security fixes will be back ported to the 4.8 branch,
> your comment doesn't make much sense. Keep it at 4.8, there's probably
> nothing really useful in 4.9, and you just risk breaking more stuff.

Except I didn't say that.  What I asked was whether considerations
like security advisories make it worthwhile for the OP to upgrade.
For example, if they are running stock 4.8-R, there are several
serious vulnerabilities on their system, and upgrading in some form is
recommended.

Kris
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