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Date: Fri, 08 Jan 2010 22:22:04 -0600
From: Martin McCormick <martin@dc.cis.okstate.edu>
Subject: Re: Upgrading Standing Systems from 6.3 to 8.0 
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Bryant Eadon writes:
> Have you tried a test system with this configuration, then upgraded it to
> 7.x followed by the jump to 8.0?  Run this for a week in advance and see 

	That sounds like an excellent idea. I was afraid I might
have to increment through all the 6.x branches which would take
a while and then another to go through all the 7.x's. Thanks.

Martin