[WBEL-users] Wondering about RedHat

[Rafael Baquero S.]

On Thursday 30 September 2004 13:26, Rafael Baquero S. wrote:
 On Wednesday 29 September 2004 20:42, Johnny Hughes wrote:
 > On Wed, 2004-09-29 at 18:31 -0500, Rafael Baquero S. wrote:
 > > I absolutelly agree with you.
 > >
 > > Now I have one question I?
 > >
 > > Should WB updates follow RHEL updates as soon as posible or should a
 > > time period be allowed for RHEL updates to be tested? What would be
 > > correct amount of time to wait for security updates, bug fixes, etc? Or
 > > maybe a policy of double checking RHEL updates could be established?
 > >
 > > Maybe the time has come for a Whitebox REL (Reliable Enterprise Linux).
 > >
 > > Regards.
 > >
 > > Rafael.
 >
 > The problem is, if the security update isn't released 15 minutes after
 > it's out on RHEL, 100 people complain that the updates are not happening
 > fast enough.  Now there is another group who want to not do the updates
 > as fast as they currently get out...anyone else see the problem
 > here :) ?

 Yes, but if a broken package makes its way to the updates, you also end up
 with 100 people complaining.

 > I think that the updates should be done as soon as possible after the
 > release ... AND that people who want to wait should update their boxes
 > only when they are comfortable.  This solves both problems, the guys who
 > want to update everything now can ... the ones who don't want to can
 > wait.

 This solves the problem as long as you are hand updating. However if you
 want to update automatically by yum for example, you can end up installing
 broken packages.

 > That is my $0.02 :)
 >
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 Regards.

 Rafael.