/usrmove? -> about the future

[Scott Doty]

On 02/10/2012 11:08 AM, Adam Williamson wrote:
> On Fri, 2012-02-10 at 11:02 -0800, Scott Doty wrote:
>> On 02/10/2012 10:57 AM, Adam Williamson wrote:
>>> On Fri, 2012-02-10 at 10:39 -0800, Scott Doty wrote:
>>>> On 02/10/2012 10:05 AM, Adam Williamson wrote:
>>>>> You're not supposed to be running Fedora on production servers. That is
>>>>> not what it's for.
>>>>>
>>>> Sez who?
>>>>
>>>> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SIGs/Server
>>> Sez the board:
>>>
>>> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User_base
>>> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User_base_-_general_productivity_user
>>>
>> These are _minimums_.
>>
>> I'm not saying that anyone should be bending over backwards to support
>> using Fedora on servers, but "it's not for servers" doesn't hold water
>> with many in the community.
> Let me put it this way, then: Fedora is released on a six month cycle,
> which is far faster than is usually considered desirable for server
> usage. It has a 13 month lifetime, which is far shorter than is usually
> considered desirable for server usage. Its key values and goals are
> assuredly not compatible with typical server usage - e.g. "First - We
> believe in the power of innovation and showing off new work in our
> releases. Since we release twice a year, you never have to wait long to
> see the latest and greatest software, while there are other Linux
> products derived from Fedora you can use for long-term stability. We
> always keep Fedora moving forward so that you can see the future first."
> There are numerous practical policies derived from these values which
> are clearly not optimal for server usage, such as the short freeze
> times, relatively low barrier of entry to disruptive features, and QA
> focus on installation and basic desktop use (we do virtually no QA on
> any kind of server usage). Finally, there are *several* Linux
> distributions available which have none of the above 'shortcomings' (so
> far as server usage is concerned).
>
> Given all that, it seems only logical to conclude that Fedora really
> _isn't_ primarily intended for use as a production server.

Well then, "isn't primarily intended for use as a production server" is
a horse of a different color, and different than your earlier statement.

Thank you for your time. :)

 -Scott