Upgrading Drupal

I had automated the arduous task of keeping my Drupal servers up to date, but I noticed today that the module tar file naming convention has changed from 4.7.0.tar.gz to 4.7.x-1.(random).tar.gz.

Does anyone know if the 4.7.0.tar.gz files are being kept up to date? Many of the 4.7.0.tar.gz modules seem to have been updated even into the month of November, so I am hopeful that this is the case.

If the files with the original naming convention are being maintained, what are the 4.7.x-1... files?

I'm going to move several Drupal 4.7.3 installations from my current shared host account, running Apache 1.0.33 (I think), PHP 4.4.1, and MySQL 4.0.27, to a VPS with a new hosting company. The new server is currently running Apache 2.0, PHP 4.4.2, and MySQL 5.0.22. I'm considering upgrading the PHP to Release 5.someting, too.

My question is: How do I perform such a move?

Or, will this approach work:

Hello

I have drupal for my charitys website but now with ie7 my site is in a right state. see www.bpdworld.org. i need someone to update my drupal to the newest version. Can any one help? My email is josh@bpdworld.org

i am new to Drupal and the first version i have used is 5.0. It is a great bit of software, BUT there are a lot of modules that i want to use but they are not ready for 5.0 yet. Like Front page, Taxonomy modules, theme makers, ect... Is it worth the wait or should/can i go back a version?

My site: www.homeimprovementblog.net

Thanks

Hi,

I've updated PHP to 5.2.0 and Drupal to 4.7.4. After that I can log in, but the next page logs me out again. A downgrade to PHP 5.1.6 solve the problem.

Does anyone had the same problems? Is this a problem of PHP or Drupal?

Regards,
Hinrich

We are opening other post about the "Image toolkit" because there are lots of posts in this area, requesting support about the warming .... "working image toolkit",
http://drupal.org/node/55402
http://drupal.org/node/55585
http://drupal.org/node/59101
http://drupal.org/node/66311