Hello,
a production environment should get a newer version than 10.2a because the support is retired.
Now the update could be to the "safe" 10.2B SP(7/8) or "unsafe" 11.3.
How higher are the risks to choose 11.3 instead of 10.2B (win-gui application - no .net)?
Some people think that an update to a newer major version has more potentially risks.
Stefan
I am biased of course, but would say that if you are now going to upgrade, go to 11.3. However, there is more involved in an upgrade to 11.3 as you have to recompile your r-code.
But what do others in the community have to say?
Usually good experience with 11.3.1. And 11.3.2 is just waiting in front of the door.
[quote user="Stefan Marquardt"]I can't guarantee that this technical update doesn't need a full test of the application.[/quote]
Isn't that a decision that needs to be done based on your QA standards first - not on the likelyhood (or unlikelyhood) of expected technical problems?
Many QA standards say that migrating (major) Progress versions does require a full test.
I don't want to be too negative here, but even minor upgrades in the 11.x versions have caused us many headaches and problems which required Progress to provide hotfixes. Most issues were (Oracle) DataServer and Gui for .NET related though, so this might not bother you too much. We're currently on 11.3.2.002 and for now haven't seen any new issues.
I would still suggest treating any update as major and do a full QA on your application before deploying in production.
I am biased of course, but would say that if you are now going to upgrade, go to 11.3. However, there is more involved in an upgrade to 11.3 as you have to recompile your r-code.
But what do others in the community have to say?
Usually good experience with 11.3.1. And 11.3.2 is just waiting in front of the door.
I would suggest to move to 11.3 because of the reason that it is loaded with so many new features compared to 10.2B.
Hi Stefan,
your OE 10.2A code should run stable on 10.2_SP8 as well as on OE 11.3.1 (or .2 when released).
Which kind of potential issues do you suspect with OE 11.3?
Unkown application errors caused by version upgrade.
I can't guarantee that this technical update doesn't need a full test of the application.
[quote user="Stefan Marquardt"]I can't guarantee that this technical update doesn't need a full test of the application.[/quote]
Isn't that a decision that needs to be done based on your QA standards first - not on the likelyhood (or unlikelyhood) of expected technical problems?
Many QA standards say that migrating (major) Progress versions does require a full test.
I don't want to be too negative here, but even minor upgrades in the 11.x versions have caused us many headaches and problems which required Progress to provide hotfixes. Most issues were (Oracle) DataServer and Gui for .NET related though, so this might not bother you too much. We're currently on 11.3.2.002 and for now haven't seen any new issues.
I would still suggest treating any update as major and do a full QA on your application before deploying in production.