You are beating a dead horse here, a few of us have already given you perfectly logical reasons why you wouldn't want to run Gentoo on a production server. So that being said, I'm not going to write another email where I just repeat myself.
Trevor > What difference is there between going production with a Gentoo box, and > going into production with a RH box which has similarly been brought up > to the same software package levels? The RPMs are often useless because > they are built without options I need, because they are designed for the > base RH install. I took ACL support as an example. If I run Gentoo, I > need to manually compile a kernel, then manually compile Samba. If I > use Red Hat, I need to Manually compile a (patched) kernel, then > manually compile Samba. > > What's the difference? Am I totally blind, or is this not the same > situation either way? > > I can totally understand not wanting to emerge sync && emerge update > world every night, but otherwise, why the heck wouldn't I run Gentoo, I > see no difference. Neither is a plain box release. Neither is likely > to be well supported. Based on the response I had with the Compaq thing > under Gentoo, I suspect they'd take it more seriously when I called to > say "Listen, I'm running a non-standard kernel, with these patches. I'm > running a > non-standard version of Samba with these config options. It ain't > working, why not?" > > Kev. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Trevor Lauder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, December 02, 2002 11:52 AM > Subject: Re: (clug-talk) Linux Work > > >> Yep, Gentoo is for the home hacker. You put Gentoo on a production >> server/workstation and you are just begging for trouble, it's also way >> too bleeding edge for that. >> >> > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> > Hash: SHA1 >> > >> > On Monday 02 December 2002 09:32, Kevin Anderson wrote: >> >> Sure, but if I want that Gentoo box to have a GUI (I don't, but >> lets compare apples to apples), My post install includes 4 hours of >> compiling various KDE pieces. Then configuring, etc. >> > >> > exactly why considering Gentoo as a desktop option (or even a server >> option) in a business setting is, IMO, rediculous. >> > >> > - -- >> > Aaron J. Seigo >> > GPG Fingerprint: 8B8B 2209 0C6F 7C47 B1EA EE75 D6B7 2EB1 A7F1 DB43 >> > >> > "Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler" >> > - Albert Einstein >> > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >> > Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) >> > >> > iD8DBQE965B51rcusafx20MRAhTnAJoDcFQEhPsCtOleK488Gb+O0i87FQCfUstv >> Llm8qP++/dPSl2PDQDwJ9KM= >> > =nc+P >> > -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
