Re: how stable is testing?
On Sat, Oct 23, 2004 at 01:10:16AM +0200, Szabó András wrote:
> Hi!
>
> Testing sometimes had problems in the last some years, not so much,
> but more than zero is a problem :) Anyway, it is called testing :)
>
> András
>
Very few problems have lasted longer than two or three days - most
of these have been e.g. full updates of KDE or the X servers where
it has taken time for all the relevant packages to percolate into
testing. All this In My Experience - Your Mileage May Vary :)
>
>
> On Fri, 22 Oct 2004 14:05:09 -0700, Gilbert, Joseph
> <jgilbert@insuresuite.com> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
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> >
> > It seems that if I want to have things run smoothly when I am upgrading or
> > installing new packages, it is best to either use one or the other. So, my
> > question basically is testing generally good enough for most standard server
> > implementations? What sort of uptimes can be expected? I know this is a
> > general question since it will depend a lot on what I am doing with these
> > servers and how heavily they are hit, etc.
> >
> > Joe
> >
I'm now running a small server for about 30 users at work. It stays up
for relatively long periods of time: the only reboots have been for
kernel upgrades/a network card hardware failure or two/where dodgy
media would lock the CD-ROM drive and I'd _have_ to reboot to clear it :(
This server is a test and development box - users are discouraged from
using it as their only resource or leaving irreplaceable data on it but
in general it is as/more reliable than many of the other machines
around.
I've a small project built with a couple of desktop standard machines:
I've also got a network test machine. All run Debian testing - I upgrade
from CD or DVD images once a fortnight or so. I've also supplied testing
CD's so that a couple of other odd machines could be pressed into service.
At home I run unstable, but now have at least one machine running
testing. No real problems at all in months or years - but, if you
are running a mission-critical business with mission-critical data
or using this to control a multi-million dollar industry - stick with
stable. The current testing - code name Sarge - will be released
as "stable" soon anyway - the first new Debian release version in a
while.
[Disclaimer] I am fairly familiar with Debian, having used it as my sole
operating system at home for a period of years. I don't think any
problems I've had with testing have been completely insuperable. The
new debian-installer is still under active development, however, and I
have had a couple of issues installing on an old Sparc. They will be
fixed by release time :)
Andy
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