[Mageia-dev] How will be the realese cycle?

Wed Oct 6 05:07:06 CEST 2010

Le mercredi 06 octobre 2010 à 01:24 +0200, Tux99 a écrit :
+> On Wed, 6 Oct 2010, nicolas vigier wrote:
+> 
+> > > 1) I'd never use Mandriva on a server, because of the short support 
+> > > period, a server OS requires at least 4-5 years support lifecycles
+> > > (I'm not talking about MES here, just the normal Mandriva variants)
+> > 
+> > But you can still use it while it is supported, and upgrade to a newer
+> > realease when it's no more supported.
+> 
+> Are you serious? Upgrading a server every 18 months?
+
+I do. I even update them more often. And you would be surprised to see
+that it doesn't create as much problem as you can think, if the sysadmin
+is competent enough.
+
+The idea that desktops can be upgraded often, but server should not is
+artificial separation. Sometimes, you want to not update your desktop
+computer. I do not want to update the one at my parents house because it
+doesn't need to. And sometimes, you want to run a server with current
+software. The existence of backports for lots of server software for
+RHEL is the proof that there is a demand for newer software even on
+server. The fact that RH is paid to backport hardware drivers in RHEL is
+the proof that there is also a demand to have newer kernel, with updated
+drivers.
+
+-- 
+Michael Scherer
+
+