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What benefit would that have? Even if new versions are not released on a fixed schedule, you don't have to upgrade immediately.
by NewJazz 3y ago
What benefit would that have? Even if new versions are not released on a fixed schedule, you don't have to upgrade immediately.
- actionfromafar 3y agoMigration scheduling and planning for total software lifetime. Everything is just smoother on a fixed cadence.
- NewJazz 3y agoYou can do a fixed cadence even if Debian doesn't though. Just every year, upgrade to the new stable if it is available.
- actionfromafar 3y agoYeah, but now you have your own problems instead of pain shared by millions of other users. A lot of orgs on the same cadence is a great and under-estimated thing. I'm just sayin'
- NewJazz 3y agoI don't get what you mean, actually. A lot of orgs upgrading simultaneously means that none of them have prior experience to look to. A staggered rollout of new software versions is often viewed as a less risky deployment method.
- actionfromafar 3y agoWhatever problems you will have, you aren’t alone. It’s fine to not prefer this. I do.
- NewJazz 3y agoWhat makes you think you'll be alone on Debian? Plenty of people run testing. I don't mean to be argumentative, I simply cannot follow your logic.
- actionfromafar 3y agoI'm fairly sure I'm not insane. :) For one, there are more people on Ubuntu. I believe, a large part of the reason for that, is the cadence. I don't exactly like Ubuntu and I decided to depart for Debian last year, I had had just about enough of Ubuntu quirks and antics. But I held fast for so long because of the cadence. You can set your corporate schedule on month == April && (year % 4) == 0 and be done with it, for the LTS releases. With Debian you have to be at least a little tuned in to current events. I don't like that, I have other things going on. Ubuntu also has a cadence to the non LTS. So if you want to study ahead what could break, test your stuff currently deployed on LTS, on the latest regular stable. This is my que to off on a tangent and remark that easy cloud and Kubernetes (oh dear don't get me started but it's also useful, so what can I say) has made whatever OS runs on the servers less important. But I still care for some things. And I don't want to run testing. I like to keep just one step behind. Of course, not everyone can be like that or there wouldn't be any experimentation and progress, but there are plenty of other people filling that niche. Thanks for asking in earnest.
- justinclift 3y ago> I don't exactly like Ubuntu and I decided to depart for Debian last year Ditto here. Their adding advertising in the cli was the straw that completely broke that camels back (for me).