Need to split /home

[Net Llama!]

On Wed, 20 Oct 2004, Michael Hipp wrote:
> 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?

Not really.  I'm putting my trust in the individual package maintainers to
release only when something is stable so that it doesn't get into Fedora
unless its stable.  For the server components that seems to be a safe bet
so far.  I've seen alot of complaints here & there from folks using Fedora
on the desktop, and getting into problems with Gnome and other stuff.  But
I use XFCE there, so that doesn't bite me either.

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

In all honesty, FC2 is the first fedora release i've used on a server.
They were all upgraded from RH-7.3 or RH9.  I will most likely upgrade to
FC3 3-6 months after its out, and oce any unforseen surprises are wedded
out.

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