Re: Install 10.1 - always this slow? Maybe net?
- From: houghi <houghi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2006 18:01:43 +0200
Vahis wrote:
But since the support for a SUSE version stops in two years, I<snip>
want to know when it will appropriate to start using a new
version. I don't want to be forced at the time the support stops
to install the latest one available if an earlier but still good
is available.
My servers run still 10.0, since the release because not a real
reason makes me change to 10.1
I also still run 10.0 and am a bit afraid to install 10.1 because of all
the customisation I have done. I am sure I did not do everything with
RPM's and many lousy script I wrote won't be working anymore and will
need to be re-written. It will probably be 10.2 in January. Yep, I will
wait about a month, although I believe it won't be needed this time
around. I just need something to do on new years eve. A new SUSE
installation is the BEST way to start a new year. w00t!
And by the time 10.2 is released, I will be able to test that and
then decide whether to go with 10.1 or 10.2 next time my servers
need upgrading because of getting obsolete.
I also test normally the next versions starting the last alphas
or some betas.
I think that on a business scale, you try to test too soon and too
often. How much time do you actually need to test? I would say 1 month
should be enough.
As SUSE will have a 8 months release date from 10.1 on, this is what it
should look like:
Version Release End support Look for new
10.0 11-2005 11-2007 10-2007
10.1 04-2006 04-2008 03-2008
10.2 12-2006 12-2008 11-2007
10.3 08-2007 08-2009 07-2009
10.4 04-2008 04-2010 03-2010
10.5 12-2008 12-2010 11-2010
10.6 08-2009 08-2011 07-2011
What does this mean when you are running 10.0? You need to start looking
in 10-2007. What is the latest version in 10-2007? That will be 10.3 and
that will be out a few moths already.
After that, it becomes a bit tricker. With running 10.1, you need to
start looking 03-2008. That would be 10.3, yet 10.4 is just around the
corner. Mmm. Looking at the above, it might be nice to ask Novell and/or
SUSE to do at least one if possible two months extra support, so 26
months. That would overlap much nicer with the then latest release.
Anyway, you can skip at least one version and two if you are a bit
daring, depending on your situation. I believe they are going to
implement a warning for the end of life in the future, triggerd by YOU.
You will get a mail (to root) to say it will be EOL and perhaps even a
warning.
Naturlay if this is too often, then you just, as a company, pay 50USD a
year and be rid of it for 5 years. 250USD is not that much of an
investigation if that means missing at least 2 testperiods.
This is just for the people who are just concerned about running a safe
OS. For idio^h^h^h^hpeople like me and probably you as well, running the
latests and even Alpha stuff is more about interest. e.g. some people
want to use a car as a method of transportations, others like to use
them to drive a lot of circles in them. :-)
houghi
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