[GNC] Help required

[David Carlson]

This thread was started by a newbie who is still learning how it works.
That person doesn't need the extra burden of finding things changing,
sometimes for the worse, while still learning.

On Mon, Jul 6, 2020 at 9:33 AM will at theprescotts.com <will at theprescotts.com>
wrote:

> David,
>
> There is no one answer for everybody but I find it is better to pick a
> time when I have no emergencies and update, even if it will "fix something
> that ain't broke".
>
> Either you skip all updates until you have to, then it is a pain because
> you are way out of date and there may be no direct update path.
> Or you break working systems with updates you may not need right now and
> it is pain fixing things that weren't broken.
>
> The only guarantee is that it will be a pain either way.
>
> Will
>
> On 2020 Jul 6, at 07-06 08:35:03, David Carlson <
> david.carlson.417 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Will,
>
> In many. Cases it is better to follow the the adage "If it ain't broke,
> don't fix it."
>
> David Carlson
>
> On Mon, Jul 6, 2020, 7:55 AM will at theprescotts.com <will at theprescotts.com>
> wrote:
>
>> "Decide from those whether there are new features that you want. If not,
>> there is no reason to abandon a release that you are using successfully."
>>
>> I would disagree. I think it is better to keep all software current. You
>> may not want new features in the current latest release, but down the road
>> there may be a release with features you want. If your software is many
>> versions out of date, updating is always harder.
>>
>> Will
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David Carlson