On Thu, 2007-05-03 at 21:44 -0400, Max Hyre wrote: > Gentlefolk: > > The discussion of `stable' vs. `etch' vs. `lenny' > vs. ... got me to thinking. Is there any reason to offer > `stable' as an entry in sources.list? Its drawback seems to > be: > > o Every so often `stable' whacks you with about > seventeen million updates, with the chance that you'll > be left dead in the water. > > Using the name (`sarge', e.g.) has the drawback that: > > o Eventually a named distro will drop off the end of the > world, and get no more security updates. > > OTOH, `unstable' is a necessary warning sign: Here be > dragons. Someone starting with Debian needs to know that > unstable has more surprises. (Though, in my experience, > they're mostly like the ones you find in a box of Cracker > Jacks.) > > So, my modest suggestion is that `stable' as a name > should be eradicated. Roughly no downside, only closer > adherence to the principle of least astonishment.
Okay, so let me get this straight.
You propose to eliminate "stable" as a release. To keep people from
hurting themselves. Especially unwitting "auto-updating" ID10Ts. Ok, let
me get this straight... How is this a good thing?
Anyone that is an Admin worth the salt they have in their body, will not
have ANYTHING auto-updating, but "auto-staging".
My definition of "Auto-Staging" means:
1. Check for "updates"
2. Update for "updates"
3. Download all of those updated packages
4. Checksum verify those packages, just downloaded re-get the ones
not verified properly
5. Send off an e-mail to me every hour or two telling me I need to
pay some attention to it.
6. goto #5 every one or two hours
7. goto #1 every six or twelve hours
I then login to said machine and "do the right thing"
I've done this for years with HP-UX, AIX, OSF/Tru64/WTFitis when each
company finally put patches and stuff in a internet reachable
repository. I really haven't done Solaris, so I dunno about it, but I
suspect it could be done similarly.
Now as far as Windows... blahahaha. Yeah whatever.
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