To which I again point at the Mandrake 9 install thread. Neither system is perfect period.
Back to the platform standardization issue, I only have 1 platform to test across. Compaq deskpro EVO 1.7 w/ 512 Megs of RAM. Other boxes are non-production, or whatever. Further, I generally do not need to immediately apply patches. Sure, if Apache has some major issue come out, then I'll patch it on external facing boxes. But I can wait a while before patching a BIND vulnerability on a box that runs internally only. Others can find problems for me, thanks... Kev. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jesse Kline" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 02, 2002 11:54 AM Subject: Re: (clug-talk) Linux Work > Quoting Kevin Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Would you install something onto a production box without testing it first? > > I test everything before it goes into production. Therefore, actually > > emerging the app doesn't worry me, because I know it will compile > > correctly, > > and install in my environment. I've already done it in test. > > There is a difference between you testing a package for a couple hours, and > having it tested by a distributor. Before a version of Red Hat/MDK/whatever > comes out, the packages are tested by the author, in the lab, in alpha tests, in > beta tests, etc. Then once the distro. has his the market it is tested by > thousands of other people. I love having a system with the latest and greatest > software but there are drawbacks. Just because a new version is released doesn't > mean that it has less bugs than the old version. It could have a new bug that > you missed, and then fucks up your server. Where as someone using Red Hat 7.3 or > 8.0 still gets the security updates but also has the security of knowing that > their packages have been tested by thousands of people, and have a better chance > of working properly than something that was released yesterday and is running in > your production environment today. > > Jesse > > >
