From owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 27 15:12:27 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B9E851065678 for ; Wed, 27 May 2009 15:12:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tonix@interazioni.it) Received: from mx02.interazioni.net (mx02.interazioni.net [80.94.114.204]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0BFF48FC17 for ; Wed, 27 May 2009 15:12:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tonix@interazioni.it) Received: (qmail 17479 invoked by uid 88); 27 May 2009 15:12:23 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.56.198?) (tonix@interazioni.it@85.18.206.139) by relay.interazioni.net with ESMTPA; 27 May 2009 15:12:23 -0000 Message-ID: <4A1D5856.2040404@interazioni.it> Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 17:12:22 +0200 From: "Tonix (Antonio Nati)" User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (Windows/20090302) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org References: <4A166B29.1070202@interazioni.it> <4A1809E2.8020608@neely.cx> In-Reply-To: <4A1809E2.8020608@neely.cx> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Avoiding source code on production servers X-BeenThere: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Internet Services Providers List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 15:12:28 -0000 Tonix (Antonio Nati) wrote: >> I'm in the phase of planning my new generation of FreeBSD servers, >> and I would love to make them more easy to upgrade. >> Main problem I have currently is I do not want any source code on >> production server, so freebsd-update is welcome, but... what about >> packages? >> I would use packages, but they are not easy to upgrade, while ports >> can be easy to upgrade, but need to have sources an servers. Thanks to all which answered, both publicy and privately. It looks to be a topic in which FreeBSD could be improved a lot. Is there any way we can drive/suggest something to do? Could be used Google Summer's code or something similar 8also sponsored by us)? Thanks, Tonino -- ------------------------------------------------------------ Inter@zioni Interazioni di Antonio Nati http://www.interazioni.it tonix@interazioni.it ------------------------------------------------------------