Better to upgrade or start clean?

Any thoughts on whether it's better, when upgrading from 10.4 to 10.5, to wipe the boot HD clean and install a fresh copy of 10.5, or just upgrade directly (after backing up and running Disk Utility/DiskWarrior)? I know that it'd be faster to just do the latter, but are there any advantages to doing it the other way?
Thanks in advance.

Reasons not to erase and install:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=2541036&#2541036
Reasons to upgrade:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=6190587&#6190587
If you are having trouble with your system now, it won't be solved by upgrading. And unless you are certain the issue is with software, an erase won't help you. So let's troubleshoot the reasons you desire to erase first.

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Daventry wrote:
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