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> Would you never update an installed application or the kernel to get new features or fixes? Honestly, if that was an option without the certainty of getting
by KronisLV 3y ago
> Would you never update an installed application or the kernel to get new features or fixes?
Honestly, if that was an option without the certainty of getting pwned due to some RCE down the road, then yes, there are cases where I absolutely wouldn't want to update some software and just have it chugging away for years in its present functional state.
- thfuran 3y agoAnd there are no cases where you actually want a new feature?
- KronisLV 3y ago> And there are no cases where you actually want a new feature? Sure there are, sometimes! But at the same time, in other situations stability and predictability would take precedence over anything else, e.g. any new features that might get released probably wouldn't matter too much for a given use case. For example, I could take a new install of MariaDB that has come out recently and use it for the same project for 5 years with no issues, because the current feature set would be enough for the majority of use cases. Of course, that's not entirely realistic, because of the aforementioned security situation. Applies the same to OS and/or kernel versions, like how you could take a particular version of RHEL or Ubuntu LTS and use it for the lifespan of some project, although in that case you do at least get security updates and such.