Is Jira version 7.7 a good target version to upgrade to?

[Donald Skanes]

Is 7.7 too new or should I wait for 7.7.1?

[Thomas Deiler]

Dear @Donald Skanes,

my experience with fresh released software is always to wait. If one version is out for 2 or more weeks, it has not caused too many issues. Best you have a look on Atlassians Jira. There you can search for the version 7.7. and see how man bugs are already known and how serious they are.

Btw: the above approach is valid for other products, too. Not only from Atlassian.

So long

Thomas

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

Indeed, whilst I'd test 7.7.0 and show it to the users so they can see new things, I would rarely put it into production.  Either a lot of rigourous testing would have to happen, or we'd wait to see what the community reports as problematic in it and make a call on 7.7.1 or 7.7.2

[Donald Skanes]

A couple of fixes in 7.7.1.

I have been administering SCM tools for more years than I want to discuss and the new release syndrome has been there for ever. "DevOps" has not fixed anything in regards to releasing SCM tools with quality. Such a shame.