On Fri 30 May 2014 13:44:26 NZST +1200, Steve Holdoway wrote:

> Because my workstation is exactly that, and is built with a close
> approximation of the same packages to the servers I manage.

OK. Other ways to achieve that, this is one.

> Sure it's
> got a GUI - the standard CentOS GUI - but it also runs the same versions
> of MySQL, nginx, PHP, Redis... as the servers I support.

The software in question required gtk3, ao I assume it's a desktop
application. How does installing a gtk3 library(!) on your desktop, for
the exclusive use of one desktop application, affect your mysql, php,
nginx, etc.? So far, your no-gtk3-on-my-desktop rule seems arbitrary and
nonsensical, so I'm interesting in your resoning (which so far I fail to
follow).

> IMO bleeding edge has no place in the production environment.

That may be so, but your desktop is not a production environment. If you
need a proper staging server, install one. Virtualbox is good. Running a
stripped-down server as your desktop will give you headaches, as you're
noticing.

Volker

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