Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 17:12:22 +0200 From: "Tonix (Antonio Nati)" <tonix@interazioni.it> To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Avoiding source code on production servers Message-ID: <4A1D5856.2040404@interazioni.it> In-Reply-To: <4A1809E2.8020608@neely.cx> References: <4A166B29.1070202@interazioni.it> <4A1809E2.8020608@neely.cx>
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Tonix (Antonio Nati) wrote:
>> I'm in the phase of planning my new generation of FreeBSD servers,
>> and I would love to make them more easy to upgrade.
>> Main problem I have currently is I do not want any source code on
>> production server, so freebsd-update is welcome, but... what about
>> packages?
>> I would use packages, but they are not easy to upgrade, while ports
>> can be easy to upgrade, but need to have sources an servers.
Thanks to all which answered, both publicy and privately.
It looks to be a topic in which FreeBSD could be improved a lot.
Is there any way we can drive/suggest something to do?
Could be used Google Summer's code or something similar 8also sponsored
by us)?
Thanks,
Tonino
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