Debian Developers - Re: Release cycle length (was: General Resolution: Force AMD64 into Sarge)

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Re: Release cycle length (was: General Resolution: Force AMD64 into Sarge)

Andrew Suffield

2004-07-23, 5:53 pm

On Fri, Jul 23, 2004 at 08:46:49AM -0700, Brian Nelson wrote:
> Adam Majer <adamm@galacticasoftware.com> writes:
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> Is it better to make small scale, manageable upgrades on a production
> server every 6 months, or to wait 2+ years and make an absolutely
> massive upgrade in which you're jumping from 2-3 year old software to
> current software?

The latter.

Upgrade == downtime. Downtime every six months -> no.

Universities, for example, run on a 12-month cycle.

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