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On 01.12.2007 09:03, Alan wrote: |
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> This used to be a debian system and was moved over to gentoo about 4 |
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> years ago when I had been spending lots of time with gentoo on my |
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> desktop at home. I like gentoo, however I would exercise caution if |
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> you're deploying on "real" systems. |
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We have also moved from binary distros to Gentoo a few years ago. |
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Basically it was a choice between linux (gentoo) and *BSD. |
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> The less updates, the |
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> less surprises and the less chance you'll somehow accidently break |
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> someone's site doing a simple update late some night. Gentoo is still a |
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> fairly moving target in this respect. |
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Agree with the moving target bit. |
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> I think the secret is that if you run with gentoo you have to be |
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> prepared to upgrade EVERYTHING fairly often, and not bit by bit if |
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> you're uncomfortable with something it might be upgrading. |
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I find that there are really two relatively pain-free upgrade policies |
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for a production system. Either upgrade fairly often or "forklift |
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upgrade" i.e. remove the old server and intall the new one. |
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> And yes, I do plan to just bit the bullet and backup, upgrade everything |
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> and then deal with any upgrade "pains" as they come. Just not sure |
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> quite when :) |
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Good luck :) |
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Eray |
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