Re: [PHP3] Why not switch to PHP4 now?

On Mon, 3 Apr 2000, Brian Moon wrote: > >From what I have seen PHP4 is solid. What reasons are there not to go ahead > and switch our production servers over to PHP4? I know the reasons I > should. well a common reason is bugs. It's often wise to wait 6 months or so for any new software before you upgrade unless there is such a pressing need that you cannot wait. A common policy I use is to wait 6 months, the exception being major security fixes aor if we need functionality A right now and cannot wait. If your running a beta for a prodcution server your opening yourself up for problems. Also not many "official" support channels support any form of betaware, im not talking about php specifically here just in general. For personal use or testing beta is fine but for the stuff where downtime equals lost money i wait. You don't want that bug to pop up and cost you a whole bunch of money because it causes something to not work, opens you up to an attack or simple downtime. The scary thing is something not working 100% might not crop up initially and only be obvious after the fact when you cannot recover really. Discretion is the better part of valor and all.. > > Thanks, > > Brian Moon > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > dealnews LLC > Makers of dealnews, dealmac > http://dealnews.com/ | > http://dealmac.com/ > > > > > -- > PHP 3 Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> > To unsubscribe, send an empty message to php3-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > To subscribe to the digest, e-mail: php3-digest-subscribe@lists.php.net > To search the mailing list archive, go to: > http://www.php.net/mailsearch.php3 > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > >