Re: [tlug] Upgrading the kernel...?

["Josh Glover" <jmglov@example.com>]

On 31/07/06, Stephen J. Turnbull <stephen@example.com> wrote:

> >>>>> "Josh" == Josh Glover <jmglov@example.com> writes:
>
>     Josh> Note that Steve is talking about this from the perspective
>     Josh> of a desktop user. At the enterprise level, you change
>     Josh> kernel versions only when a serious security bug is fixed in
>     Josh> a newer kernel, and even then you do it whilst holding your
>     Josh> breath and crossing your fingers.
>
> Nonsense.  If you as an enterprise wish to introduce new functionality
> that is only supported properly in newer kernels, then you change to a
> newer kernel.  Just like Dave.

Sure, this is true, but what I meant to stress was that in enterprise
production environments, changes are not undertaken lightly. There is
lots of testing required before a new kernel is ready to be applied.

Very unlike the model you described for Dave, in which he can upgrade
in a fairly worry-free fashion to a newer stepping version of the
kernel.

-Josh