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>* update the version of the IRC server Odds are that you’ll have updates worth installing once every couple of years. >* update the version of the os of the
by ryanlol 7y ago
>* update the version of the IRC server
Odds are that you’ll have updates worth installing once every couple of years.
>* update the version of the os of the machine running the IRC server
Almost never unless there’s a remotely exploitable code execution vulnerability. Local bugs wont matter unless you run multiple services on the same box.
>* repair a broken disk / fan / overflowed disk on the machine
Depends on your hosting setup. With a cloud setup perhaps never.
I’m certainly not trying to suggest that anyone should use IRC over slack in any situation, just that it’s not a horrible time sink requiring significant maintenance.
- jddj 7y agoI think what may have triggered people here were the absolute terms (can’t remember ever having to do “maintaining” after the initial setup). In this forum you'll be hard pressed to find someone who thinks it's a good idea to leave a cloud-based (or any internet-facing, really) server completely without maintenance for any significant period of time. If you had said that usually it's as simple as checking in every now and again to reboot / make sure security updates are installed / check functionality and that it's a manageable burden which is worth the effort you might have gotten a more favourable response. Edit: or if you had automated it to an acceptable level, maybe some more information about that.
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