On Sat, Oct 23, 2004 at 01:10:16AM +0200, Szabó András wrote: > Hi! > > Testing sometimes had problems in the last some years, not so much, > but more than zero is a problem :) Anyway, it is called testing :) > > András > Very few problems have lasted longer than two or three days - most of these have been e.g. full updates of KDE or the X servers where it has taken time for all the relevant packages to percolate into testing. All this In My Experience - Your Mileage May Vary :) > > > On Fri, 22 Oct 2004 14:05:09 -0700, Gilbert, Joseph > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > <big snip happened here> > > > > It seems that if I want to have things run smoothly when I am upgrading or > > installing new packages, it is best to either use one or the other. So, my > > question basically is testing generally good enough for most standard server > > implementations? What sort of uptimes can be expected? I know this is a > > general question since it will depend a lot on what I am doing with these > > servers and how heavily they are hit, etc. > > > > Joe > > I'm now running a small server for about 30 users at work. It stays up for relatively long periods of time: the only reboots have been for kernel upgrades/a network card hardware failure or two/where dodgy media would lock the CD-ROM drive and I'd _have_ to reboot to clear it :( This server is a test and development box - users are discouraged from using it as their only resource or leaving irreplaceable data on it but in general it is as/more reliable than many of the other machines around.
I've a small project built with a couple of desktop standard machines: I've also got a network test machine. All run Debian testing - I upgrade from CD or DVD images once a fortnight or so. I've also supplied testing CD's so that a couple of other odd machines could be pressed into service. At home I run unstable, but now have at least one machine running testing. No real problems at all in months or years - but, if you are running a mission-critical business with mission-critical data or using this to control a multi-million dollar industry - stick with stable. The current testing - code name Sarge - will be released as "stable" soon anyway - the first new Debian release version in a while. [Disclaimer] I am fairly familiar with Debian, having used it as my sole operating system at home for a period of years. I don't think any problems I've had with testing have been completely insuperable. The new debian-installer is still under active development, however, and I have had a couple of issues installing on an old Sparc. They will be fixed by release time :) Andy -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
