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On Wednesday 11 November 2009 19:51:26 Mark Knecht wrote: |
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> On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 8:04 AM, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com> |
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> wrote: <SNIP> |
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> > yes, it is easier to just go ~x86. Yes, it is very very very hard to go |
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> > back - easier to reinstall |
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> Isn't there a lot more work to do to keep it up to date? Seems to me |
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> testing packages are going to change more often and as not every one |
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> of them will eventually become stable. Isn't it just a lot more |
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> electrons burned to keep things emerge -DuN @world clean? |
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Yes, ~arch is higher-touch than arch so ~arch users will emerge lots more |
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stuff. |
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Is it worth it? That depends on the reason why the box is there and only it's |
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admin can decide. And everyone's reasoning will be different. |
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I run ~arch everything because |
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1. I'm a geek |
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2. I like to fiddle |
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3. I can have as much bandwidth as I want |
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4. I can test/use new softwares locally before rolling it out to my production |
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machines |
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5. I can warn others using more stable OSes about deep changes coming down the |
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tubes (X for instance. RHEL users are in for a big surprise sometime in the |
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next 6 months to 5 years...) |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |
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