Re: LTS versions - confusion
On Wed, Sep 15, 2021 at 10:06:47AM +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> On Ma, 14 sep 21, 16:33:55, Tanstaafl wrote:
> >
> > Hmmm... ok, so, I could run sid 'forever', as long as I keep it updated
> > regularly?
>
> Technically, yes.
>
> > Anyone do this for important (maybe not 'mission critical') servers?
>
> I used to run sid as the main system on my daily driver laptop.
>
> Having it break before a (non-work) presentation, or even just game
> night and later dance party with friends was definitely not fun, so I
> started running a stable install in paralel (shared /home, which brought
> its own set of complexity).
>
I feel for you. It's worth thinking that sid is where you'll get package
churn, packages built with different compilers / libc versions potentially,
churn of desktop packages while you wait for KDE or GNOME to settle -
it's not an environment that's settled day to day, necessarily. You might
wait months for a major desktop to work, for example, as packages move in.
>
> With the amount of 0-day vulnerabilities found on regular basis I would
> be extremely wary of running sid for any public facing services.
>
This too. You've no way of knowing what you're exposed to with a large
rate of package churn.
All best,
Andy Cater
> Kind regards,
> Andrei
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