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Subject: Re: Am I an Idiot?
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Per olof Ljungmark <peo@intersonic.se> writes:
: Am I an idiot or is anyone else out there running -current on production
: systems? I figured if one MX goes haywire at least we've got another
: one... Very interested in your opinion.
People use -current on production servers. But not just any old
version of -current. Rather, carefully selected versions of -current
that have been validated and tested. The -stable branches are a lot
more likely to be suitabe for a server, but -current can be useful.
However, be prepared to compile everything yourself. Also be prepared
to do it again when you upgrade. While you may get a stable system
out of it, you are signing up for the "I know what I'm doing club" and
the bar to enter that club is a lot higher than the "I run stable
club."
It isn't recommended by the project, since at any given moment
-current may be useful or it may have some horrible bug and the waters
are a lot choppier.
Warner