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UTM Up2Date Rollout Phases

Hello,

When a new release of UTM software is announced, the following rollout plan is typically included:

  • In phase 1 you can download the update package from our download server.
  • During phase 2 we will make it available via our Up2Date servers in several stages.
  • In phase 3 we will make it available via our Up2Date servers to all remaining installations.

"UTM Up2Date 9.708 Released" was announced on 11/24/2021.  As far as I know, phase 2 & 3 have not been completed, but "UTM Up2Date 9.709 Released" was now announced on 01/24/2022.

Is there any particular reason why 9.708 has not been made generally available via Up2Date prior to 9.709 being made available?

As a second question, I typically like to wait until software updates have been in the wild for a short while before committing to an update.  For UTM software, I usually wait until it's generally available via Up2Date.  Is this perhaps not a best practice in this case?

Thanks.



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  • Is there any particular reason why 9.708 has not been made generally available via Up2Date prior to 9.709 being made available?

    No, sometimes this just happens, so go and download the file and update manually.

    For UTM software, I usually wait until it's generally available via Up2Date.  Is this perhaps not a best practice in this case?

    But it is generally available, whether you download it manually or potentially wait on a rollout to occur that is general availability.  Up2Date is just a convenience.  Even though my UTM was working fine, Up2Date wouldn't work half the time - one update I would have to do manually, then the next one would update on its own. No rhyme or reason that I could see, but I ended up reloading for some reason and it worked ever since the reload.

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  • Is there any particular reason why 9.708 has not been made generally available via Up2Date prior to 9.709 being made available?

    No, sometimes this just happens, so go and download the file and update manually.

    For UTM software, I usually wait until it's generally available via Up2Date.  Is this perhaps not a best practice in this case?

    But it is generally available, whether you download it manually or potentially wait on a rollout to occur that is general availability.  Up2Date is just a convenience.  Even though my UTM was working fine, Up2Date wouldn't work half the time - one update I would have to do manually, then the next one would update on its own. No rhyme or reason that I could see, but I ended up reloading for some reason and it worked ever since the reload.

    XG 19.5 GA 64-bit | Intel Xeon 4-core v3 1225 3.20Ghz
    16GB Memory | 500GB SSD HDD | GB Ethernet x5

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