Jerry wrote:
In any case, at some point in time, when it comes to updating software,
or whole operating systems, you just have to "bite the bullet."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bite_the_bullet
http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/bite-the-bullet.html
Or, to put it in simpler terms, "It's better to light a candle than
curse the darkness."
Still, it would be better still if someone didn't break in and snuff
our candles out to force us to switch to electricity !
I am in the process of preparing to upgrade an older FreeBSD system to
the latest version. I could bitch and complain; however, in the time I
would waste doing that, I could have completed the job.
Well IFF I had the skills, and IFF the server had the tools
installed, then I suppose I might be able to compile the source
(having figured out how to deal with the broken dependencies). On the
first, I don't - that's why I'm using packaged software. On the
second, I don't know - it probably doesn't have everything installed
since I don't build software on it.
What might have been a few minutes to you, is in fact a week or two
for me - building a new server, configuring it (the old configs
aren't really useful when the software has progressed over the
years), tested it fully, and then migrated all the users and their
data. That would, of course, be assuming I had the hardware to host a
new server on - which I don't.
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