Appreciate all the replies. They have helped my understanding of the upgrade path options. I had no intention of stop using Linux, just wanted to clarify the future paths that would need to be undertaken. Thanks again, Neil. On Wed, 2002-12-11 at 00:27, Samuel Flory wrote: > Eric Wood wrote: > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Neil Loffhagen" <neil@c-w-services.co.uk> > > > > > >>With Linux I was getting > >>the impression, but this may be wrong, that if a Server is running fine, > >>then there is not so much point in upgrading from one version to > >>another, just need to make sure all the relevant updates are installed? > >> > >> > > > >Well, I'll be gaining ext3 journalling, better printer subsystem support, > >etc. So, upgrading a server is sometimes warranted. > > > > > > > >>Or does it also reach a point when updates for an older version of, for > >>example, Redhat will stop being released? > >> > >> > > > >RH only issues security updates to 7.x. Don't know when they'll stop. I > >support when 9.x come out. Dunno > > > > > Actually they still support 6.2 to some degree. They just put out an > update to wget for 6.2.https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/rh62-errata.html -- Thanks, Neil 07973 206168 mailto:neil@c-w-services.co.uk http://www.c-w-services.co.uk -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
