[j-nsp] JTAC Recommended Junos Software Versions Old?

[Colton Conor]

So what is going to be the next recommended JTAC version after 12.3R8.7?

On Thu, May 7, 2015 at 3:37 AM, Adam Vitkovsky <Adam.Vitkovsky at gamma.co.uk>
wrote:

> 12.3R8.7 is going to be end of support next year and I'd expect Juniper to
> let people know what will be the recommended replacement some time before
> that happens so people can have some time to assess the new release and to
> schedule the upgrades.
>
>
> adam
>
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> > Of Colton Conor
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> > Subject: [j-nsp] JTAC Recommended Junos Software Versions Old?
> >
> > Why is the JTAC Recommended Junos Software Version for the MX routers
> > currently Junos 12.3R8.7? There are much newer versions of JUNOS out
> > there.
> > From the posts I have read so far, Junos 12.3 in general has flow and nat
> > issues. I assume some of these bugs have been fixed with the latest .x
> > versions like R8.7, but still why such an old version?
> >
> > Is there a guide showing the big changes from 12.3 vs 13.2 vs 13.3 vs
> 14.1
> > vs 14.2. I know there a release notes for all of these versions, but is
> > there an outline showing the reason for the jump in version numbers? Most
> > of the PR's I have seen show a bug was found and fixed in the current .x
> of
> > most all these versions.
> >
> > I notice that the Juniper JTAC recommends Junos 13.3R4.6 for the MX104
> and
> > PTX series? If Junos 13.3R4.6 is stable enough to run on these platforms,
> > then I assume its stable enough to run on the other MX platforms, the
> MX80
> > to be specific?
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