Thanks for the info!

Any idea about the current life-expectancy of 304 as far as updates go
(especially security updates)? 




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> 
> > Hello,
> >   I'm about ready to do a fresh install on several servers I run.
> > I'm wondering if I should just go with SL304 now, or wait a bit for
> > version 4?  Any opinions?  Will there be an upgrade path from SL304 to
> > SL4, or will v4 require a fresh install?  
> 
> A week ago or so we had a vid. conf. with RH regarding RHEL 4.  They
> were asked this same question and said that there is no guarantee for
> an in-place upgrade between 3 and 4, (depending on what has been
> installed), but that it might work.  If you want to attempt it they
> recommended first trying with a non-production system which is setup
> similar to production systems.
> 
> Given that SL is "somewhat similar" to RHEL I assume this same
> recommendation applies.
> 
> As to install 304 or 4 some of the main differences that I would
> consider are kernel and GCC.  4 comes with Linux 2.6 and GCC 3.4.
> Since these are servers, the other big change that may be important to
> you is the incorporation of SELinux which is turned on by default.
> 
> -Brett.
>