On Mon, Apr 09, 2007 at 01:05:57PM -0500, Victor Kryukov wrote:
Dear Edi:
What upgrade strategy do you recommend in following Hunchentoot updates? E.g. should I update every time your announce a fix, only when major version number changes, etc. (that also depends on my paranoia, I know :).
The reason I'm asking that is because, to the best of my knowledge, there is no 'update' feature in asdf-install - as an lazy Ubuntu user, I'm too used to 'apt-get update'. My understanding is that updating asdf packages (eps. when some dependecies have also changed) is a complicated procedure - that's why it's better to perform it only for 'critical' things.
What is your perspective on that?
In my experience, upgrading is not a big deal. If your site works fine, there's not really a compelling reason to upgrade. (I still have some sites running tbnl-0.3, from early 2005). If you have problems, upgrading to the latest version is not generally a difficult process. The fear of upgrading can be a bigger obstacle than actually upgrading.
Zach