Need to split /home

[Michael Hipp]

Net Llama! wrote:

>>>I'm using it on 2 servers, and i know a bunch of people who are doing the
>>>same.  I've not had a single problem.
>>>
>>
>>That's very good to hear.  Their bleeding-edge focus made me a bit
>>nervous.  How are you going to address their rapid version churn?
> 
> 
> 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.

I too consider that all good news. (I now feel somewhat less 
irresponsible for having done so.) And agree heartily on staying away 
from backporting patches whenever possible.

Are you or the people you know doing anything special to ensure the 
stability of FC as a server?

How do you handle major version updates (FC1 -> FC2 -> FC3)?

Michael