Re: stable vs testing

2001-11-17 Thread Robb Kidd
Nick Jennings wrote: This brings up a question I have. Isn't testing technically the *last* of stable/testing/unstable to get security fixes? Correct. security fixes for stable are packported immediately, and the fixes are also incorporated into unstable asap. Now for testing, there would be a

Re: stable vs testing

2001-11-16 Thread Nick Jennings
This brings up a question I have. Isn't testing technically the *last* of stable/testing/unstable to get security fixes? security fixes for stable are packported immediately, and the fixes are also incorporated into unstable asap. Now for testing, there would be at least a delay of a week for it

Re: stable vs testing

2001-11-16 Thread Robb Kidd
Nick Jennings wrote: > This brings up a question I have. Isn't testing technically the *last* > of stable/testing/unstable to get security fixes? Correct. > security fixes for stable are packported immediately, and the fixes are > also incorporated into unstable asap. Now for testing,

Re: stable vs testing

2001-11-16 Thread Nick Jennings
This brings up a question I have. Isn't testing technically the *last* of stable/testing/unstable to get security fixes? security fixes for stable are packported immediately, and the fixes are also incorporated into unstable asap. Now for testing, there would be at least a delay of a week for it

Re: stable vs testing

2001-11-11 Thread Jeff Waugh
> Anyway, thats our take on it... and its never failed us so far. Takes > quite a bit of effort though... so watch out. Just to chime in, we use stable only, with quite a few backports. [1] Often enough there's a package I'd really like - right now it's a fresh postfix - but I find greater stabi

Re: stable vs testing

2001-11-10 Thread Jason Lim
You just don't know what you're missing... till you run unstable. - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2001 1:09 PM Subject: Re: stable vs testing > On Sun, Nov 11, 2001 at 10:30:56AM +1100, Craig Sanders wrote: > > O

Re: stable vs testing

2001-11-10 Thread cfm
On Sun, Nov 11, 2001 at 10:30:56AM +1100, Craig Sanders wrote: > On Fri, Nov 09, 2001 at 03:32:29AM +1100, Jason Lim wrote: > > We run unstable on our production servers. That means we must be very > > vigilant in making sure no one else has had a problem. We download > > the updates, and install t

Re: stable vs testing

2001-11-10 Thread Jason Lim
You just don't know what you're missing... till you run unstable. - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2001 1:09 PM Subject: Re: stable vs testing > On Sun, Nov 11, 2001 at 10:30:56AM +1100, Craig

Re: stable vs testing

2001-11-10 Thread cfm
On Sun, Nov 11, 2001 at 10:30:56AM +1100, Craig Sanders wrote: > On Fri, Nov 09, 2001 at 03:32:29AM +1100, Jason Lim wrote: > > We run unstable on our production servers. That means we must be very > > vigilant in making sure no one else has had a problem. We download > > the updates, and install

Re: stable vs testing

2001-11-10 Thread Craig Sanders
On Fri, Nov 09, 2001 at 03:32:29AM +1100, Jason Lim wrote: > We run unstable on our production servers. That means we must be very > vigilant in making sure no one else has had a problem. We download > the updates, and install them a day or two later after other people > have tested it and made sur

Re: stable vs testing

2001-11-10 Thread Craig Sanders
On Fri, Nov 09, 2001 at 03:32:29AM +1100, Jason Lim wrote: > We run unstable on our production servers. That means we must be very > vigilant in making sure no one else has had a problem. We download > the updates, and install them a day or two later after other people > have tested it and made su

Re: stable vs testing

2001-11-08 Thread Jason Lim
t; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Glenn Hocking" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Friday, November 09, 2001 2:58 AM Subject: Re: stable vs testing > On Thu, 8 Nov 2001, Glenn Hocking wrote: > > > My question is what other experiences have others have running > > tes

Re: stable vs testing

2001-11-08 Thread Martin WHEELER
On Thu, 8 Nov 2001, Glenn Hocking wrote: > My question is what other experiences have others have running > testing/unstable in a live environment with regards to both security and > stability. unstable is very much a "trust this and die" environment. NOT recommended for a critically live install

Re: stable vs testing

2001-11-08 Thread Marek L. Kozak
Glenn Hocking wrote: > My question is what other experiences have others have running > testing/unstable in a live environment with regards to both security and > stability. I use ONLY testing/unstable. Had never any problems with woody. I use widely known software like apache, bind, postfix & so

RE: stable vs testing

2001-11-08 Thread Javier Castillo Alcibar
Title: RE: stable vs testing     I have two boxes running testing, and they rock!! But If you plan to use the box for production, I always recommend you the stable.think on security issues in the future.     Un saludo. -Mensaje original- De: Glenn Hocking [mailto