My new matress just was delivered and the old one taken out, so that's one thing out of the way. I was planning on installing MT3.2 today, but I really don't feel like it. In fact, the more Six Apart say "the upgrade is fool-proof" the less I trust it. I've done quite some MT installs and upgrades over the past years and let me assure you : none of them were trouble free. If it wasn't figuring out where each file needs to go, then it was editing the templates all over again, or hunting for new/adapted plugins, changing file permissions,...
I never ran into real serious problems, that I'll admit. I don't know if that is to my technical experience, or thanks to their superb upgrade/install instructions. I really think it's the first.
So... I don't feel like doing it all over again and will keep MT3.1x running on my FK blog, while other blogs remain at 2.66x - yes, I even dreaded upgrading to MT3.1 before - and if something better comes along, I may start using that. Sure that's quite a challenge too, but then I expect it to be. With a "fool-proof" upgrade routine one doesn't expect spending hours hunting down crap that doesn't work right away or tinkering with templates over and over.
To make a long story short, I'm off to lift some weights and then off to ride my bike in the park. The weather is fabulous, so why stay inside?
Comments
Well, we don't mean to oversell or suggest that the upgrade is "fool-proof", but rather just to say that it's as straightforward as it always should have been. You upload the files on top of your old ones, and then log into the system.
There's no question that taking advantage of all the features the new version has to offer takes exploration and the dedication of some time, but getting from an older version to the current one without having to do a lot of work is definitely doable.
The blogs which are on 2.66x are basically running a code base that's a few years old, and we have had major security and performance fixes since then, so I'd strongly suggest upgrading, just for the sake of reliability and security. By all means, if your 3.1 blog is running fine for you, there's no need to upgrade, though I think you'll want to once you've used the new user interface.
Posted by: Anil Dash 
at August 29, 2005 7:52 PM