Re: To upgrade, or not to upgrade?

• Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 09:20:31 PST
• From:
  Pavel Curtis <pavel@parc.xerox.com>
• cc: moo-cows.PARC@xerox.com
• In-Reply-to: "Amy Bruckman's message of \"Sun, 10 Mar 1996 13:12:36 PST\" <9603102112.AA01721@kilpikonna.media.mit.edu>"

Amy Bruckman writes:
> Are there any disadvantages to upgrading to 1.8.0?

Sure; it has been used far less than 1.7.9p2 (in spite of my urgings in the
1.8.0beta3 release message...), so it's likely to be somewhat less stable.

> How does the performance compare?

It's probably pretty much the same.

> But setting those aside, are there any important reasons to upgrade?

Yes; I won't be responding to any bug reports in 1.7.9p2 any more...

> Any compelling reasons not to upgrade?

See above.

> If you upgrade and have a problem with it for some reason, is it
> possible to downgrade?

Not while using a DB file written by 1.8.0.

	Pavel

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