Need to split /home

[Net Llama!]

On Wed, 20 Oct 2004, Aaron Grewell wrote:
>
> > Their 'version churn' keeps pace with the latest stable release of all the
> > components.  I don't consider that to be rapid, and i've not seen very
> > much in the way of overall version drift in FC2 for packages that are
> > used on a server, rather than the desktop..  For example, apache
> > updates have been solely for security fixes.  But instead of being stupid,
> and back
> > porting everything, they are keeping pace with the oficial apcahe
> > devlopment cycle.
> >
>
> Right, but what about the 6 month support cycle?  Even with Fedora

I upgrade.  The boxes where i'm using Fedora on a server aren't running
anything that would get broken by an upgrade (apache, mysql and/or
postgresql, bind, sendmail) so i don't expect any surprises.

> Legacy, you still only get a year and a half of updates.  That's what
> I'm concerned about.  Sure it works great now, but if in a year and a
> half I have to either upgrade or start building my own packages that's a
> pain.  We tend to run mission-critical boxes that work well until
> they're no longer supported in order to prevent user aggravation.  I'd
> much rather only do that every 4 years.

Then you need to shell out $$$ for Redhat's offerings.

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