The only reason to upgrade from 5.x to 5.latest-stable would be if there's been schema changes in a minor version. This is very rare, but sometimes necessary - however it's easy to check by comparing system.install between 5.0 and 5.18 to see if any new hook_update_N() has been added.
Nat >>> >>> On 18-May-09, at 8:37 AM, Mark Shropshire wrote: >>>> >>>> Thanks for the instructions on this. You included the step of going >>>>> to 5.0 first, then the latest 5.x. I always wondered if this was >>>>> necessary. >>>>> >>>> >>>> AFAIK it shouldn't be; Earnie, can you explain why you did it that way? >>>> >>>> >>> Because it ensures that all updates marked for 5.x are made since those >>> updates are not carried to 6.x. >>> >> >>
