[lug] Old copies of Fedora?

[Carl Wagner]

David L. Anselmi wrote:
> Davide Del Vento wrote:
>   
>> 1) a release comes out, say Fedora 10
>> - you might install it right away, but I usually have to wait several
>> weeks before finding the time, actually do it, possibly solving open
>> issues, migrating the old data, etc. Replicate that on 5 machines. If
>> I am done in 2 months I consider that really quick, 3 months is a fair
>> case, sometimes I was late and it took 4 or more!
>>     
>
> If replicating on 5 machines is hard I'd say you have the wrong approach.  I recently got 2 Sheeva 
> Plugs.  I installed the first one the usual way, to see how it went.  When I get done installing the 
> second, installing 3-N will take minutes.  Ditto for upgrades.
>   
The impression I got from Davide's message is that the OS install
wasn't bad, just migrating the data and custom apps could be
painful.
Things change, config files change and suddenly you need to
fix your app as it doesn't work with a new release.
It looks like he works with some rather large programs -
climate modeling and such.

Or I am projecting, as that is what I am going through with some
upgrades.

So what do you thing about the Plug's? I have been eying them
for a while now. Not sure about the Guru Plug as it might have
some heat issues, at least the 2 Ethernet port ones.

Carl.

>   
>> 2) the next release comes out, say Fedora 11
>>     
>
> It's been years since I noticed a release coming out and had to roll software forward by a large 
> leap.  Pick a continuously updated repository (Debian testing/sid, Sidux, etc) and do (small) 
> updates every week or two.
>
> Dave
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