[Macpartners] Re: Wait to install 10.4.3

[Gurukarm Khalsa]

It's about two weeks on, and Software Update keeps reminding me to 
install this. Any news from IS&T about it yet?

Thanks!
Gurukarm


At 11:12 AM -0500 11/1/05, Albert Willis wrote:
>Apple released Mac OS X 10.4.3 last night. The recommendation that 
>users hold off on installing it until we're able to do testing and 
>monitor reports from the Web still holds.
>
>   -- Al
>
>
>Begin forwarded message:
>
>>From: Albert Willis <<mailto:awillis at MIT.EDU>awillis at MIT.EDU>
>>Date: October 26, 2005 4:34:18 PM EDT
>>To: "<mailto:macpartners at MIT.EDU>macpartners at MIT.EDU" 
>><<mailto:macpartners at mit.edu>macpartners at mit.edu>
>>Subject: [Macpartners] Wait to install 10.4.3
>>
>>The latest update for Mac OS X 10.4 "Tiger", Mac OS X 10.4.3, is 
>>expected to be released by Apple this week and possibly as soon as 
>>this evening. We expect that 10.4.3 will be the most extensive set 
>>of bug fixes and enhancements for Tiger since it shipped nearly 6 
>>months ago.
>>
>>However, when ever 10.4.3 becomes available, we believe you should 
>>wait before updating your machine and those of your users.
>>
>>We've seen some instances of updates causing problems; for example, 
>>the infamous tax day release of 10.3.9 caused many users to 
>>experience problems with running Java applications and using Mail 
>>to access e-mail from IMAP servers.
>>
>>Most users should wait to update to 10.4.3 until IS&T has completed 
>>its testing, to ensure that supported applications work as 
>>expected. We'll also be monitoring Macintosh websites for user's 
>>experience with the upgrade. It may take up to a week to complete 
>>testing.
>>
>>When testing is complete, we'll provide information about any 
>>issues and possible work-arounds.
>>
>>   -- Al
>>
>>
>>
>>______________________________
>>Albert Willis
>>Macintosh Platform Coordinator - Software Release Team
>>Information Services and Technology
>>Massachusetts Institute of Technology
>><mailto:awillis at mit.edu>awillis at mit.edu
>>
>
>
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