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Re: Using wheezy or squeeze.



On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 12:25:47AM +1300, Chris Bannister wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 09, 2013 at 10:58:01AM +0000, Darac Marjal wrote:
> > This is the whole point of the testing distribution, AFAIUI. You run
> > 'stable' on your production server and 'testing' on your development
> > server.
> 
> Really? 
> 
> Wouldn't you want your development server/environment to be setup as
> close as possible to your production server?

For most of the lifespan, yes. But at some point you need to start
looking at the new version of the OS and start working out how you're
going to upgrade the production server with minimal fuss. If you're
really paranoid, I suppose you have three servers: Live, Copy-of-Live
and Development. :)

> 
> BTW, I believe development, and upgrading from one stable distribution
> to the next one as two different concepts. 
> 
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