Andrew Suffield wrote: [snip] > > > Short release cycles are not good. IMHO, Debian should aim for release > > > cycles not shorter than one year and not too much over two years. The > > > entire point of stable, AFAIK, is its code stability. When one installs > > > a distribution on a server or production machine, then it is not very > > > disirable to update that every few months (of course, security updates > > > are a different story). > > > > Is it better to make small scale, manageable upgrades on a production > > server every 6 months, or to wait 2+ years and make an absolutely > > massive upgrade in which you're jumping from 2-3 year old software to > > current software? > > The latter. > > Upgrade == downtime. Downtime every six months -> no. Then you can do several smaller consecutive upgrades instead of one large one, as long as security updates are available for the oldest distribution. From an administration POV, that's a bit more effort to handle, but OTOH it makes smooth package upgrades more likely. It trades more routine work for less breakage potential. Thiemo
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