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Is the just released Lenny good for production?
Posted by Nelson_Y on Mon 2 Feb 2009 at 18:54
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Hi, people!
Suppose, a Data Center that will start a new linux production server to hosting some clients services.
Because of the expected new release will be in next weeks, is it a good idea to wait the new release to install the server - supposing that new release is better? Or is it better to use the last release with all updates - supposing that the just released version will have some unexpected behavior for production environment use?
I would like to read some Pro Debian Admins before decide about.
Thanks for the comments.
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Re: Is the just released Lenny good for production?
Posted by mbl (79.138.xx.xx) on Mon 2 Feb 2009 at 22:11
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Considering that Lenny is now in deep freeze, which means that only packages that fix RC bugs will be be migrating, I'd like to propose this: Make a test install and generate a list of installed packages. Compare that list against the list of RC bugs. Then make the decision based on whether any matches affect your operations.

/MBL (Disclaimer: Not a Pro, whatever that means...!)

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Re: Is the just released Lenny good for production?
Posted by ajt (195.112.xx.xx) on Mon 2 Feb 2009 at 22:33
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Lenny is about to go live, so if you want the longest period of stability now would be a good time. There will be a few more changes over the next week as the final configuration is put in place. After that it will only be fixes the feature set should remain fixed.

Against that I'd ask what is your familiarity with Etch and Lenny? Etch is well known and it may be wiser to stick with what you know. I'm running Lenny on all my systems bar one and have been for some months now, so if it were me I'd start a new project with Lenny, you may not.

Ask yourself a few questions. How soon will my new server go live? If it's not for a few weeks then Lenny should be okay. What is my experience level? Have I been testing Lenny? Am I utterly new or an old hand?

I think many people would start a new box with Lenny but that's may not always be the best answer. Also remember that most of the time upgrading a Debian box from one release to another is usually trivially simple and just works.

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"It's Not Magic, It's Work"
Adam

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Re: Is the just released Lenny good for production?
Posted by simonw (84.45.xx.xx) on Tue 3 Feb 2009 at 01:11
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I'm deploying Lenny in production in about 8 hours.

I agree about familiarity - made the assessment we need the updates more than we need to stick where we were. But then I've had Lenny on the test server for several weeks, and my desktops for longer.

Software doesn't magically break (or get better) because of release numbers, or release dates. Testing and development work is what affects software. So the real question is how many changes will they make to Lenny before it releases, not whether it is the official stable release. And what changes might they make or mess up on because it is "testing".

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