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On Sat, 2005-09-24 at 00:48 -0400, Sean Cook wrote: |
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> so obviously we need to exclude operating systems like FreeBSD and OpenBSD |
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> for any type of production use because they do not have binary packages? |
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They're not GNU/Linux, they're *BSDs. I was only referring to GNU/Linux |
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distributions. |
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> Gentoo is stable and is not bleeding edge unless you are using keywords |
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> and unmasking from the stable distro. |
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Granted that Gentoo is stable for production use because I believe |
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you're not the only systems administrator that use it in production |
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environment. I am just wondering if the services you're running on your |
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Gentoo systems are customed applications which might be requiring |
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commercial databases like Oracle and IBM DB2, and also requires a |
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particular version of tools and libraries of the said applications. |
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> this assumes that one could manage 100 server of any distro in this |
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> manor... in fact gentoo lends itself to this environment better that most |
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> linux distrobutions because of portage overlays that allow you to tag |
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> specific machines for beta and production based on packages. It also |
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> allow you to build multiple packages and distribute them from a single |
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> source after testing. |
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I don't have any problems with the rest of the packages to update in |
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Gentoo. I personally like the package management of Gentoo and I'm very |
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much excited and hopefully be confident to use it in production. Again, |
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I am just worried if my customed applications will not work one day |
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simply because the tools and libraries that my applications are very |
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much dependent were updated to the latest versions which it shouldn't |
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happen. I only need the security and bug fixes updates for the packages |
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that my customed applications are dependent. |
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> freebsd servers.... it is all simply a matter of comfort. you should |
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> never put any system into a production environment unless your comfortable |
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> admining that system... period. So lets stop the pissing contest of my |
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> distro can beat up your distro and get to the real issues. |
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You're right in here. Hopefully I'll be confident and comfortable |
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enough to use Gentoo in my production environment. |
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Thanks. |
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