On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 17:35:14 -0500, Michael Pawlowsky <mikep@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > The main reason we are using FC is because one it's free (in a sense). > The next one is that it does include more recent versions of > packages that we use and are looking for the latest versions to take > advantage of some new features and so on. If there are only a few such packages you may want to use something like CentOS or RHEL as a base system and use private builds of the particular packages you are interested in. > But now since FC8 is no longer being supported, it has caused some Neither is F9 and support for F10 will end in just over a month. > Also, I am wondering why it is not possible to simply keep upgrading > packages, kernel and so on, as opposed to coming up with new > versions every six months. Because there are significant and disruptive technology changes that get made between releases. > To make things more difficult, our servers need to be up 24/7. > > Is FC simply a bad choice for enterprise production. Usually. > I'm starting to want to try CentOS soon. Unfortunately this will > mean not always being able to take advantage of the latest features > in software and so on. That depends on what resources you have available to you. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
