For me, the problem w/ gentoo as corp production is this -- Everytime I update a package, I must run a full system/application regression test -- to be certain that *everything* still works. This is a *major* undertaking -- at least 2 days of full time effort.
What I really need to be able to do, is apply security patches ONLY for 3 or 6 months -- then do the update world and regression testing. For this to work, it is important that all other package source is still available in case I need to do a "revdep-build". -rdg On Sun, 2003-12-07 at 11:23, Jeff Smelser wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Sunday 07 December 2003 10:35 am, collins wrote: > > On Fri, 2003-12-05 at 14:07, Eric Paynter wrote: > > > brett holcomb said: > > > >>This quote was made by Daniel Robbins in an OSNews > > > >>article. http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=1080 > > > >> > > > >>"Gentoo Linux is currently a "bleeding-edge" type distro. > > > > Wrong!!! It's only bleeding edge if you choose the non-stable branch. > > Thats really depends on how you define bleeding edge.. Gentoo, in the corp > world, defines it as so since the packages are always changing.. Thats why > people have a hard time using it in the corp world when the packages are > always shifting around. > > It really erritates them when the devs delete a package because they are, so > called, 3-5 versions up. They only like upgrading every do often. Hell, most > of them have a hard time keeping up with windows security updates, how can > they handle a distro like this? > > Jeff > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQE/02Ivld4MRA3gEwYRAuoVAJ0ZVqg3RiYYDj9ccRDRBDi+rdTtKgCg3Gue > U9V9kJX2F6t8rLAbSgDQkng= > =sqaj > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- It is vital to remember that information is not knowledge; that knowledge is not wisdom; and that wisdom is not foresight. - Arthur C Clarke -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
