Simon, don't worry, we are not picking on you, you just make an example
worthy of discussion.
John
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Testbed Support for GridPP member institutes
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Simon George
> Sent: 27 April 2005 09:03
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Good progress on 2.4.0 upgrade
>
> Hi John,
>
> thanks for your comments. I am learning that. I was taken in by the
> promise of fixed release dates! But I did consult Owen and Jeremy and
> they agreed with my plan to wait at the time. We did a fresh
> installation, not an upgrade, as part of the procedure to recover from
> the security incident, so in this case the practicalities of
> jumping 1,2
> or N releases were not an issue. One of the highest considerations was
> how much time we could spend working on it. I made the
> decision that we
> did not have time to do and install and an upgrade in the space of
> approx one month. In other words, if we installed 2.3.0, we would have
> been late with 2.4.0. As it is I think we have just made it
> on time for
> 2.4.0.
>
> Cheers,
> Simon
>
> Gordon, JC (John) wrote:
> > Simon, I think you should try to avoid the temptation to put off
> > upgrading to 'wait for the next release'. There are two reasons for
> > this. Firstly we can't always rely on the next release
> arriving on time.
> > This leaves you out of date for longer than you thought. The other
> > reason is that empirically jumping 2 releases doesn't always work.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > John
> >
> >
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: Testbed Support for GridPP member institutes
> >>[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Simon George
> >>Sent: 25 April 2005 16:00
> >>To: [log in to unmask]
> >>Subject: Re: Good progress on 2.4.0 upgrade
> >>
> >
> >
> >>It was prolonged because, due to limited manpower, we
> decided in March
> >
> > to
> >
> >>wait for 2.4.0 rather than install 2.3.0, with the prospect of
> >
> > upgrading
> >
> >>in a few weeks' time.
>
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