Re: State of 7.2/8.0 in Fedora Legacy

[John Pybus <john pybus zoology oxford ac uk>]

Michael Kratz wrote:
> > Likewise, I agree with the proposal. Personally, I've upgraded any RH7.1
> > -> 7.2 machines through to 7.3. That process itself is fairly painless
> > and 7.3 & 9 are the most supported legacy distros.
> >
> > As for RH8.. :) Why anyone would run it is beyond me and upgrading to
> > RH9 is painless too (even remotely). :)
>
>
> I've personally got a Redhat 7.1 box and a Redhat 8 box both of which I've
> considered upgrading, however I'm very skeptical about doing it for fear of
> it stuffing up. (these boxen are in production!) :)
>
> How well does the upgrade happen? does it keep config files and so forth?

I'd be very confident of a 7.1 -> 7.3 upgrade going without problems. 
Not so sure of a 7.1 -> 9 (will need some config work), and somewhere in 
between for an 8 -> 9 (I never put any RH8 into production, and have no 
real experience).

Yours,

John