Why Are You NOT Using FreeBSD ?

[Mark Andrews]

In message <7B6E5361-B109-498E-B22F-96A94DEC371B at mac.com>, Chuck Swiger writes:
> Hi, Dave--
> 
> On Jun 11, 2012, at 4:35 PM, Dave Hayes wrote:
> [ ... ]
> > Do I have this wrong? Anyone see a problem with this picture?
> > What can we do to "just upgrade" in a safe fashion when we want to? 
> 
> Two things help tremendously:
> 
> #1: Have working backups.  If you run into a problem, roll back the
> system to a working state.  If you cannot restore a working system
> easily, fix your backup solution until you can rollback easily.
> 
> #2: Have a package-building box and test builds before installing
> new package builds to other boxes.  Your downtime for upgrades
> to the rest of your boxes become minimized.

Note: this doesn't require multiple physical systems to do.  A jail
/ chroot area will give you a perfectly fine build / test system
for ports.  It just uses a bit of disk space.

Mark
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