begin quote On Tue, 3 Feb 2004 22:39:45 +0100 Paul de Vrieze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tuesday 03 February 2004 22:30, Donnie Berkholz wrote: > > I was wondering what stable actually means, so I looked it up in the > > dictionary. Here's the definition I found most suitable to our > > purpose: > > > > 3a. Consistently dependable; steadfast of purpose. > > > > Now, I see nothing that implies that "dependable" means "can't > > upgrade." > > > > What's your argument that makes backports superior to upgrades for > > bug fixes? Maybe I'm missing something. > > Basically when one maintains a farm of computers with many users that > use it for various purposes there are a number of issues at play: Dont forget: all special purpouse/ homebrew / extra software has to be merged with the update, perhaps in a special order (openssl change fex.) in order to make testing complete. site-specific changes need to be repatched and changed (extra functionality, site-wide branding. (default homepages/configurations, bugreporting urls. you name it. ) And yes, many sites do a complete reinstall from image rather than do "update with the package". Simply because its faster, or because operators are experienced and know that doing the "update" might not give the desired result in all cases. //Spider -- begin .signature This is a .signature virus! Please copy me into your .signature! See Microsoft KB Article Q265230 for more information. end
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