Fedora *is* for servers! [was Re: Need advice]

[Ralf Corsepius]

On 04/18/2014 05:02 PM, Tim wrote:
> Allegedly, on or about 18 April 2014, Matthew Miller sent:
>> Fedora is not a desktop-only OS, and can be (and *is*) used in many
>> serious server contexts, even in production. You need to know what
>> you're getting into and be willing to cope with the 13-month lifecycle
>> and community support model, but it's a perfectly awesome fit for many
>> uses
>
> It's a perfectly horrid model for running services.  With each change in
> release, you don't just have to update the OS and software, but you've
> got to migrate all your data, too.
This only applies, if the database application packages has changed in 
incompatible ways. This sometimes applies, but in many cases does not apply.

This however also would apply, if you had manually installed a database 
application package, and have to upgrade your application, because 
upstream or else is telling you, the version you have been using is 
insecure.

Ralf