On 25/1/2013 11:28 μμ, Leon Fauster wrote: > not the CentOS(-Team) but the user it self is risking this …
True. CentOS/RHEL are using the least-risk policy by rarely updating packages, except for serious bug/security fixes and that helps provide peace of mind from the base OS. Yet, I have come to believe that Systems Administration is not trivial in terms of decision-making; in fact, one could say that it may be a highly philosophical (!) job. You must balance availability of features, stability, manageability, security, package dependencies, application/service deployment and maintenance and more. Experience, knowledge and a thoughtful attitude will hopefully help find a "golden section" between all these through time on a per case-basis. No systems are identical. The sysadmins have to *study* their environment and needs and then design the proper solution on each case. As a simple example, if there is a requirement to run OpenLDAP *as a server* on a CentOS OS, the sysadmin MUST find *how* to run the latest version (which is the only "approved" one for OpenLDAP server deployments by the OpenLDAP project). Deploying OpenLDAP using the packages available by either CentOS 5 or 6 repos is unacceptable. 2c, Nick _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
