[rt-users] Re: upgrade path

[seph]

> Looking for some advice on if I need to upgrade or not. My company is
> currently evaluating RT3 version 3.010 and it was easy to setup and
> and works very well. Is it worth upgrading to the current version for
> features etc. It seemed kinda painful seeing that an upgrade to both
> Perl and mysql would be required.
>
> Running
>
> Whitebox Linux 3.0 RHEL clone
> Apache 2.046
> mysql 3.23
> RT 3.0.10
> Perl 5.8.0

You really don't want to be running either that version of perl, or
that version of mysql. I believe both are known to cause data
corruption. So, since you should update those anyhow, that's not a
reason not to upgrade...

Additionally, I'd recommend using the latest RT for speed and features.

seph