[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] RE: [Xen-users] Making system templates
The maintenance cycle is frequent and requires a very small amount of work to maintain (it's probably entirely automatable); and in exchange, I gain the ability to state that we independently test upstream patches before applying them. Now, whether this is technically necessary is a point I'll happily concede. Debian-Stable is so named because only very well tested, stable changes are committed to it. However, I manage OS's other than Debian (CentOS, Gentoo, Windows, etc), and it seems logical to apply the same general process to every OS - as they are not all so well tested before patches are released - than to have an exception for Debian based solely on the fact that you and I have never had a problem patching Debian. Plus, having a local repository is very nice. Best Regards Nathan Eisenberg Sr. Systems Administrator Atlas Networks, LLC support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://support.atlasnetworks.us/portal -----Original Message----- From: xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Thomas Goirand Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2009 10:16 PM To: xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Making system templates Nathan Eisenberg wrote: > My solution is very close to Thomas', except that I debootstrap from a local > mirror which is updated only after the upstream packages are tested against > common configurations. > > That way, I can use debootstrap to get my definition of 'current-stable', > while simultaneously being reassured that the packages I am pulling down are > of a version I have tested and verified to work. This is part of my upgrade > cycle, so if I add a tenth machine to a cluster using the debootstrap method, > I am pulling down the same version of packages as those already on the > production machines Having a package that changes behavior in the Stable version of Debian shall NEVER happen. If so, then you can file a bug in the tracker. But I never saw this happening over the last 5 years. We simply use approx to do package download caching. This is really enough, no need to manually create your own set of package. You are being over paranoid here. Thomas _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
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