On Fri, 21 Dec 2007, Kevin J. Cummings wrote:
"Rahul Tidke" wrote:Hello! I have been using fedora core 6 in production since its launch, I have applied all the software and kernel updates till data using software updater. As redhat/fedora announced its (core 6) end of life; I am doubtful about continuing its use in future?? I am satisfied with the performance so far, iptables and selinux (enforcing/targeted) are configured properly. My question is 1) Shall I continue using this version or shall I upgrade to Fedora 8??This is the usually recommended path. I plan to upgrade my .i686.fc6 laptop to .x86_64.fc8 just as soon as I finish sorting out all of my server issues from its fc5->fc8 upgrade.
I too am running FC6 and know that an upgrade to FC8 is inevitable. What scares me is upgrading a single server in a small business that relies on email (with spamassasin and plugins) and ftp services.
Has anyone had any difficultes that caused major downtime during an upgrade to 8 from 5 or 6?
Are there and special precatutions one should take aside from having redundant backups of all data, and tracking packages, etc?
Also, with 9 due out in April, would it be better in the long run to wait the 4 months?
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