Re: [Sheflug] Dedicated Server Setup

[Alex Hudson <home [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 2003-11-13 at 08:48, Marcus Hanwell wrote:
> > > > There are a number of projects about that will take over support for  free 
> > > > versions of redhat come December - so all is not doom and gloom on that 
> > > > front.
> > > 
> > > No it's not - but it can be difficult upgrading the distro remotely
> > > without pulling the machine out of colo whilst you apply the
> > > upgrade/install a new distro. 
> > 
> > Nobody has said anything about upgrading or installing a new distro.
> > 
> What else would you do other than upgrade/install a new distro once
> support of the one you are using has been withdrawn? 

The option he first suggested - a project that will "take over support
for free versions of Red Hat come December". That's what he suggested,
and you said it would be difficult to upgrade the distro. Lance pointed
out that he wasn't talking about upgrading/installing a new distro.

If your original point was that it's hard to apply updates (not
upgrades) to a distro on a production server; I think that misses the
point.

> > > This is why I would suggest changing
> > > distros now - and of course you may wish to use something a little more
> > > tried and tested so as to avoid suffering the teething problems of what
> > > is essentially a new project on a production server.
> > 
> > or a new project ??
> 
> I'm sorry but I really don't understand what you are trying to say.

No-one was talking about a new project - you're arguing against using a
new project on a "production" server, that's not what Lance was
suggesting. He was suggesting making use of the people who are going to
continue to issue updates to Red Hat, not that people change to Fedora. 

Cheers,

Alex.

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