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Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2008 18:23:36 -0400
From: Sahil Tandon <sahil@tandon.net>
To: John Almberg <jalmberg@identry.com>
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Subject: Re: safest way to upgrade a production server
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John Almberg <jalmberg@identry.com> wrote:

> So, my first question is, do I really need to do this?

Not unless you can identify a good reason (i.e. feature requirements, 
security, end-of-life).  6.3 end-of-life is estimated around January 
31, 2010, so you still have some time. :-)
 
> If so, what is the minimum amount of upgrading I can do to be safe?  
> And how?

Upgrade ports based on security/feature requirements.  We generally do 
not "upgrade" production servers from one release to another while 
they're still expected to be in production.

You'll probably get a lot of different suggestions from this list -- 
good luck!

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Sahil Tandon <sahil@tandon.net>