On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 1:08 PM, David Evans <[email protected]> wrote:
> > We look at RHEL and SLES distros > > This seems quite reasonable, as this is what most corporate entities use > and will want an exam to test for. > Huh?! Please keep contest by not clipping a statement to read _nothing_ of what I said ... " We look at RHEL and SLES distros that are under 6 years old, and see if a technology is in use." I.e., why did I use RHEL and SLES? It was right at the top ... "Using Red Hat [1] and SuSE [2] Lifecycles, which are the longest-term support lifecycles" I'm not talking so much distros, but _lifecycles_. Why? Because during Phase/Production 1 of Red Hat and SuSE, they are still actively backporting new features and minor bugfixes (not just serious bugfixes, or security issues) to _old_ versions and _old_ software. Most specifically ... "by the time any RHEL or SLES distro with the technology is 7-8+ years old, and a newer does not have it ... no other distro is honestly likely to have it either, even if they adopted it later." RHEL and SLES at 7-8+ years, Phase/Production 3, is so old, virtually _no_ distro is going to have the software, *if* it's been dropped from a newer RHEL or SLES version. ;) > I think the Debian universe also has some relevance, especially through > Ubuntu LTS releases. > And I would very much as well, considering a number of my colleagues package for Debian, work for Canonical, and even I've been a maintainer! ;) > It is the broad inclusion of distributions that gives strength to the LPI. > And it's the narrow clipping of fellow colleagues here that result in these types of responses. > PS Of course, I'd like awareness of differences with classic and popular > distributions (e.g. Slackware, Arch), but I'm dreaming. I doubt many > companies use these outside of those who hire the users that promote them. > :) > Arch was actually one of the first systemd and *d adopters, and has some good docs too. -- bjs P.S. It's these types of responses that my own, fellow Red Fedoras point out that say, "See ... no matter what you say, people will twist it."
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