Wordpress has a new version, 2.5.1. I have been ignoring it because I expect it to break. Let’s play a game. What are the first words that come to mind when I say:
- Upgrade
- New Release
- Launch
Bugs? Breakage? Patch? Feelings of fear, anxiety, and loathing? I know I am not alone in my automatic negative reaction. I have been well-trained that the above processes never perform smoothly or completely for projects involving more than 2 people.
While it is easy to linger on how sad that is and what it says about the state of software, I’m sure that subject has been beaten to death in many arenas already. Perhaps at this point we just need to accept that the above is true. Yes, we will be upgrading. You’ll be unhappy — perhaps intensely frustrated — but it’ll be worth it in the future.
Just like dental exams, the driving test, the SATs, and puberty, let’s all agree there will be pain, but when the pain is over, you’ll be taller, your teeth will be straighter, and you can drive your damn self to the mall.
(I’ll still put off upgrading. 2.3.3 works just fine, though I would like to be taller.)