On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 12:22:15PM -0700, Michael Loftis wrote: > On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 9:58 AM, Colton Conor <colton.co...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Why is the JTAC Recommended Junos Software Version for the MX routers > > currently Junos 12.3R8.7? There are much newer versions of JUNOS out there. > > From the posts I have read so far, Junos 12.3 in general has flow and nat > > issues. I assume some of these bugs have been fixed with the latest .x > > versions like R8.7, but still why such an old version? > > > > Is there a guide showing the big changes from 12.3 vs 13.2 vs 13.3 vs 14.1 > > vs 14.2. I know there a release notes for all of these versions, but is > > there an outline showing the reason for the jump in version numbers? Most > > of the PR's I have seen show a bug was found and fixed in the current .x of > > most all these versions. > > Feature explorer. > > http://pathfinder.juniper.net/feature-explorer/ > > The recco's have to do with overall stability etc.... recco'd > releases tend to be bugfix stage releases rather than active > development. That doesn't meant they get all bugfixes though. And > they definitely lag behind "point" for even the associated Major.Minor > version, I'm sure by design. There might be some official policy on > exactly how they advance or select the recco'd release for a given > platform but I'm not aware of it.
I heard that part of the criteria is when a release has the fewest open JTAC cases... I pretty much ignore the recommendations because there is always a bug or seven I hit that the latest service release fixes.. _______________________________________________ juniper-nsp mailing list juniper-nsp@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/juniper-nsp
