Re: Future upgrade from Stretch RC2 to release
On Tue, Mar 28, 2017 at 07:44:15PM +0000, Niclas Arndt wrote:
> I am considering changing from OpenSUSE to Debian for my e-mail server but I expect a learning curve. I'm sorry if my questions are basic, but please bear with me.
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> * Is there any chance that Stretch will be stable by 2017-05-16 when OpenSUSE Leap 42.1 goes EOL?
Maybe.
> * Is it advisable to install Stretch RC2 today, start configuring the server, and later upgrade to the release version before going into productive use? Is there a risk for problems with such an approach?
Debian was the first distro to make promises that you could
upgrade in place. It's very good at that.
> * Should I instead install 8.7 and later upgrade to Stretch? The only reason for me to look for an alternative to OpenSUSE is the short productive life of each release and too frequent configuration changes.
I would recommend that.
> * Does anybody know if Squirrelmail is working properly with PHP7 now? (I know that this is off-topic.)
I don't know, no. Alternative web mail clients: Roundcube is packaged
in Debian and works pretty well; Rainloop is not packaged in Debian and
also works pretty well.
-dsr-
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