Any benefit to upgrading format locally only?

[Russ Brown]

Martin Albisetti wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 2:49 PM, Russ Brown <pickscrape at gmail.com> wrote:
>> My question is, would there be any benefit (performance, space) to upgrading
>> to a newer format (1.6 or 1.9) locally only on clients that support a newer
>> format?
> 
> It would actually make things slower, as it has to convert each time
> between formats.
> 

Hmm, that's a shame.

Suppose I'd better wait until all clients can be upgraded then!

Thanks.