On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 07:59:52AM -0700, Bill Blackford wrote: > I'm a bit confused on the current versioning train. I have 9.4R1.8 running on > my 3200's. People have posted on this list stating that the latest is the > greatest with the EX series being so new and all. With that strategy in mind, > I'm getting ready to upgrade the latest 9.5. Yesterday, my Juniper rep sent > me a notification about 9.3S1.6. This seems to be a special release and > perhaps outside of the standard train. > > Now, do I back rev to this one or do I wait for a 9.4 or even 9.5 version to > come out?
It depends on wether you need 9.4 features. If not, the 9.3S1.6 is said to fix a number of issues. > <rant> > My other concern is that I seriously hope that Juniper isn't going down the > path that Cisco chose to support an endless serious of code forks and thusly > creating a Winchester House labyrinth of JUNOS choices. > </rant> I have so far never seen old bugs show up again in Juniper code, as I have seen with another vendor. Also, I think the fixes in the S releases will be incorporated in all regular releases. The S release is not a new branch, but a service release, in between regular releases. Kari > > Thank you all > > -b > > > -- > Bill Blackford > Senior Network Engineer > Technology Systems Group > Northwest Regional ESD > > my /home away from home _______________________________________________ juniper-nsp mailing list juniper-nsp@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/juniper-nsp
