On Thu, Oct 28, 2004, David M. Fetter wrote: > On Thu, 2004-10-28 at 07:45, Michael Schloh wrote: >>> a minor reason for using openpkg is, that although our >>> development-servers are completely linux-based, the production-servers >>> are sometimes sun-solaris machines. >>> >> With only two platforms to cover, OpenPKG only has a marginal advantage >> over other packaging utilities. > > Well, I don't know about that. It depends on how many servers you have > as well. We only have Linux and Solaris in our environment but we have > close to 100 servers and OpenPKG is extremely useful for us. It has cut > down our maintenance cost by magnitudes already and we still haven't got > it all fully automated in the fashion we want. > Good point. My comment comes from a conservative point of view, in which the OpenPKG's advantages when administrating more than ten different platforms greatly outweighs those advantages when administrating only two. From a more progressive point of view you could argue that OpenPKG delivers big advantages even when administrating on a single platform (and still be correct).
Regards, Michael -- Michael Schloh von Bennewitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Development Team, Operations Northern Europe Cable & Wireless Telecommunications Services Tel +49-89-92699-227, Fax +49-89-92699-808
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