--On June 8, 2008 5:49:20 PM +0200 Michel Talon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
I think it is very unreasonable for end users to ask maintaining, e.g.
6.2 ad vitam eternam. The real stable branch is now 7.* and diverting
effort to polish the 6.* is a waste of time. People wanting a very
stable system should simply use something else, like Debian stable,
official RedHat, etc. whose aim is precisely to offer the maximum
stability, with only security and bug fixes, and for extended periods of
time. The price you pay is obsoleted and "unsexy" systems, which is
probably OK for the intended use. On the other hand i have no business
running such a system.
Please do understand that for some of us, these are not choices. I wiped
a FreeBSD machine and bought and installed RedHat because a vendor's
software would only run on RedHat. The experience was a painful one.
RedHat's updates are a pure PITA. The box now runs FreeBSD again, and I
doubt I will ever experiment with something else again.
If I can't have FreeBSD, I won't run a server. I don't think I'm alone.
Paul Schmehl
If it isn't already obvious,
my opinions are my own and not
those of my employer.
