On 9 jun 2003, Chris Uzdavinis uttered the following:

>  Hi, I've been a happy user of Gnus 5.8.8 for a while and am
>  considering moving up to a newer version, but I'm wondering what your
>  thoughts are on using the latest it as a primary mail client.  Do you
>  consider it ready for "real" use, or does it still at the stage where
>  it "occationally rains down death and destruction on innocent
>  bystanders"?

FWIK, latest released Gnus is quite stable or simply stable. In my
case, I used to use a daily CVS checkout version of Gnus w/o problems.

So I think you can safely switch to the latest stable version. In my
case, I recommend people to migrate to it even for a massive daily use.
  
>  Sorry if this has been asked before, but I'm having trouble
>  finding anything that really sums up the current state.

Did you read the Changelog ? All has been painfully summed there by
Lars. 
  
>  Thanks!
You're welcome :)

zeDek
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