On Thu, Dec 09, 2004 at 03:59:54PM +0200, Danny Lieberman wrote: > Tzafrir > > Good points. > > 1. Providing the whole distro is ok but the individual components change > much faster than the kernel -
Pick one that doesn't change as often as your base distro. > 2. The level of integration and configuration, security tweaking most users > need is not in the core interest or competency of an applications developer > think about needing Zlib or GD for php and you need to recompile becuse > you're not using dynamic php modules php should be built dynamically in a properlly-packaged package. > or think about getting hibernate to work with tomcat. Let the distro worry about that. > or think about having the most recent version of mysql instead of the old > versions that RH gives you They give you MySQL 3 due to licensing issues. Maybe you'll have the same issues. Generally using the distro's packages means less legal auditing you need to do yourself. > > 3. All these components have a myriad of different configuration files and > they all sit in different places and formats - the dependencies are not > always clear > - so imho there is great value in giving a user a single interface to manage > his stack The packaging system should take care of the different config files. You should also take care to place files where they belong, e.g., config files under /etc , unchanging files under /usr, changing files under /var . This should help your user administrate and backup the system. > > 4. when you get a whole distro you are not getting any assurances as to > whether it will meet your application, security or performance needs - > the idea here is to have a stack with the latest most stable components that > has been tested on particular hardware The same can be said about a distro that is based on a different distro. Your distro will provide those guarantees. -- Tzafrir Cohen +---------------------------+ http://www.technion.ac.il/~tzafrir/ |vim is a mutt's best friend| mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] +---------------------------+ ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
