Re: [twuug] Expiring Distros

["S. Bergeron" <smbergeron@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 2003-02-04 at 09:50, Ethan O'Toole wrote:
> > Sure it's okay to EOL software.  But NOT in 12 months!  That's both
> > ridiculous and stupid.  I'm groaning over having to physically upgrade 4
> > servers now, but can you imagine large corporations or even mid-size
> > companies with Linux server farms... 50, 100, 200 servers?  Havign to
> > upgrade each of them yearly?  No fricken way!  Too many things can go
> > wrong during an upgrade install, as we all know.. not to mention it takes
> > the server out of the loop for whatever length of time it takes to
> > upgrade.
> 
> Doude, ditch the duck and sign up with the devil:
> 
> www.freebsd.org

Been there, done that.  I'm still uncomfortable with the way it works
(or in my case, doesn't).  

> > Maybe I should just switch all my servers to FreeBSD and say the hell with
> > it?
> 
> Yup. The ports tree falls out of wack, but you can use that CVSup thing to
> keep it current.

I failed to mention this in my OP, but your point about ports makes an
interesting case.  The problem for the commercial distros is that they
don't control the upstream software.  Really and truly, with how fast
the development works these days, a year is a long time for a piece of
software to be stable (and secure).  When you CVSup your tree, you can
move to a new version when it's released, no?  OpenBSD has a set 6 month
release cycle.....

All in all, the rpm-based distros need to do something about making it
possible to upgrade the machines easily.  Either by using apt and online
repositories, or something else.  I dunno.
-----
S. Bergeron, smbergeron@bigfoot.com
http://members.cox.net/smbergeron/


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