[App_rpt-users] A little confusion regarding the X86 Downloads

[Jeremy Utley]

Hey all!

 

As I reinstall my hub node after it got compromised this morning, I find
myself a little confused at just which download option I should use for an
amd64 architecture machine.

 

The site seems to recommend DIAL RC1, but RC *usually* means Release
Candidate - meaning it's not quite ready for prime time, but getting close
to release.  I would not usually consider a "RC" release to be the
recommended release under any circumstances.  The other problem comes from
looking at the file modification dates on the dvswitch.org server:

 

The RC1 file - amd64-i386-DIAL-RC1.tar.gz - is dated Nov 15, 2016

The other file - dial-allstar-netinstall.iso - is dated Jan 22, 2017

 

So it *seems* that the RC1 is older than the other one, while still being
the recommended install - but the name would not tend to agree, as the RC
should be a candidate for release as a newer version, so should be newer
than the existing "stable" version - and the stable version should be the
recommended download - or at least this is how it would work in most open
source projects.

 

What am I missing?  And once installed, is there any danger in using the
Debian "apt-get update" command to update the packages for the underlying
Linux OS to their newest versions?

 

Thanks,

 

Jeremy, NQ0M

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