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On Sun, 01 Jan 2012 19:24:35 -0500, Michael Orlitzky wrote: |
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> > Why would you need to take it down? All you need to do is restart |
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> > Apache after the update. |
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> I have to test, like, 200 websites to make sure they still work. |
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> Something /always/ breaks. |
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> Apache was just an example. PHP is the same way: functions get removed, |
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> renamed, or just subtly changed. I can't replace Dovecot with users |
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> logged in. I can't upgrade/restart postgresql while clients are hitting |
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> it. If I'm working remotely, I don't want to update openvpn, iptables, |
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> or even openssh. There's a long list of packages that I just ain't |
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> gonna mess with during the day. |
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And you test all this on production servers? |
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Neil Bothwick |
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A friend of mine sent me a postcard with a satellite photo of the |
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entire planet on it, and on the back he wrote, "Wish you were here." |
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