On Tue, 2011-01-11 at 08:35 +0100, Ralf Corsepius wrote: > Seriously: As first step, I usually try to slim down server > installations to the "absolutely required minimum" - This alone keeps > off a lot of the churn and of the potential breakage. > > Also, I don't "automatically install updates", but am installing them > during "manual maintenance". I am experiencing occasional issues with > updates, but am rarely experiencing serious ones. Agreed on both of those. That is the only way to keep sane. > Admitted, the 6 months re-installs are annoying, but the 3-4 years > release-cycle of RHEL is the other extreme end. > That said, I can relate to people who are neither choosing Fedora nor > RHEL, because Fedora/RH doesn't offer a middle-ground. > the middle ground has been discussed many times before. 18-24 months would be a good spot to have for a release lifespan and less pkg churn - possibly even less pkg selection. But I'll give you long odds on the likelihood of that happening. -sv _______________________________________________ advisory-board mailing list advisory-board@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/advisory-board
