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I would wait at least a couple of weeks until all the quirks are ironed out. Especially if you're a programmer, allow a little time for all the apps to catch u

I would wait at least a couple of weeks until all the quirks are ironed out. Especially if you're a programmer, allow a little time for all the apps to catch up and update their versions. High sierra comes with big changes like the Apple File System, and I'm sure there are a lot of stuff going on under the hood.

twobyfour 9y ago
Yup, it's a well established truism at this point that if you need a stable system (or don't have excellent data backups) you should never install the .0 version of any Apple OS. And while many Cocoa apps should be forwards-compatible out of the box, if you rely on Homebrew it may be several months before the packages you need are all updated.
- fredoliveira 9y ago
  Obviously just 1 data point, but I've been on High Sierra since the GM candidate came out. Smooth transition - everything just worked. Nothing about my development setup had to change.
- danieldk 9y ago
  if you rely on Homebrew it may be several months before the packages you need are all updated. A large part of software in Homebrew is already pre-compiled (bottled) for High Sierra: % find Formula -name '*.rb' | wc -l 4363 % find Formula -name '*.rb' -exec grep "sha.*:high_sierra" {} \; | wc -l 3634 Most of the stuff that I have been installing the last one or two weeks was installed as bottles.
  - twobyfour 9y ago
    Good to know!
cjsuk 9y ago
I’ve got a spare machine and will run it on first. I don’t do any dev on the box; it’s all remote. I use git client and macvim to update some markdown docs occasionally but that’s about it. Rest of it is on the end of SSH and via web.
- Tehnix 9y ago
  You should be more than good to go then! Git and vim/neovim/macvim runs like normal. This has been one of the least dev burdensome updates in a while.
falsedan 9y ago
beta has been public for like 3 months, most apps have updated already.

twobyfour 9y ago

Yup, it's a well established truism at this point that if you need a stable system (or don't have excellent data backups) you should never install the .0 version of any Apple OS. And while many Cocoa apps should be forwards-compatible out of the box, if you rely on Homebrew it may be several months before the packages you need are all updated.

fredoliveira 9y ago
Obviously just 1 data point, but I've been on High Sierra since the GM candidate came out. Smooth transition - everything just worked. Nothing about my development setup had to change.
danieldk 9y ago
if you rely on Homebrew it may be several months before the packages you need are all updated. A large part of software in Homebrew is already pre-compiled (bottled) for High Sierra: % find Formula -name '*.rb' | wc -l 4363 % find Formula -name '*.rb' -exec grep "sha.*:high_sierra" {} \; | wc -l 3634 Most of the stuff that I have been installing the last one or two weeks was installed as bottles.
- twobyfour 9y ago
  Good to know!

cjsuk 9y ago

I’ve got a spare machine and will run it on first. I don’t do any dev on the box; it’s all remote. I use git client and macvim to update some markdown docs occasionally but that’s about it. Rest of it is on the end of SSH and via web.

Tehnix 9y ago
You should be more than good to go then! Git and vim/neovim/macvim runs like normal. This has been one of the least dev burdensome updates in a while.

falsedan 9y ago

beta has been public for like 3 months, most apps have updated already.