[lug] Redhat Enterprise Linux

[John Hernandez]

On Monday 18 August 2003 15:58, Hugh Brown wrote:
> If you want a free OS to last several years on a stable server and have
> someone else do the packaging of the security/bug/errata fixes to the
> software installed, I believe it is time to switch to a new distro.  If
> you don't mind following the security releases, taking the redhat srpms,
> patching them yourself, rebuilding them, etc., then you can continue to
> use Redhat or Suse or any other "consumer" versioned distro.

That answers my question, thanks, Hugh.  The only remaining question is 
whether to switch distros proactively or take the "wait and see" approach.  
I'm leaning towards the latter, figuring worst case, I can always compile a 
newer package with a security fix to tide me over while I build a replacement 
server using a new distro.

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