On 02/10/2012 11:08 AM, Adam Williamson wrote: > On Fri, 2012-02-10 at 11:02 -0800, Scott Doty wrote: >> On 02/10/2012 10:57 AM, Adam Williamson wrote: >>> On Fri, 2012-02-10 at 10:39 -0800, Scott Doty wrote: >>>> On 02/10/2012 10:05 AM, Adam Williamson wrote: >>>>> You're not supposed to be running Fedora on production servers. That is >>>>> not what it's for. >>>>> >>>> Sez who? >>>> >>>> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SIGs/Server >>> Sez the board: >>> >>> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User_base >>> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User_base_-_general_productivity_user >>> >> These are _minimums_. >> >> I'm not saying that anyone should be bending over backwards to support >> using Fedora on servers, but "it's not for servers" doesn't hold water >> with many in the community. > Let me put it this way, then: Fedora is released on a six month cycle, > which is far faster than is usually considered desirable for server > usage. It has a 13 month lifetime, which is far shorter than is usually > considered desirable for server usage. Its key values and goals are > assuredly not compatible with typical server usage - e.g. "First - We > believe in the power of innovation and showing off new work in our > releases. Since we release twice a year, you never have to wait long to > see the latest and greatest software, while there are other Linux > products derived from Fedora you can use for long-term stability. We > always keep Fedora moving forward so that you can see the future first." > There are numerous practical policies derived from these values which > are clearly not optimal for server usage, such as the short freeze > times, relatively low barrier of entry to disruptive features, and QA > focus on installation and basic desktop use (we do virtually no QA on > any kind of server usage). Finally, there are *several* Linux > distributions available which have none of the above 'shortcomings' (so > far as server usage is concerned). > > Given all that, it seems only logical to conclude that Fedora really > _isn't_ primarily intended for use as a production server. Well then, "isn't primarily intended for use as a production server" is a horse of a different color, and different than your earlier statement. Thank you for your time. :) -Scott -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
