Kmail offline
Les Mikesell
lesmikesell at gmail.com
Sat Jan 27 18:43:59 UTC 2007
Craig White wrote:
>>>> How is this a postgresql issue? Shouldn't the solution really be posted
>>>> to the distributions that combine those packages in a way that caused
>>>> the problem?
>>> ----
>>> probably - you're on the CentOS list though. You've seen that SELinux
>>> doesn't get much love there.
>> Consider the situation: you are running large applications built by
>> teams of programmers that may no longer be around as the main source of
>> income for your company. When it starts breaking randomly because the
>> operating system changes its mind about how it works, what kind of
>> reaction would you expect?
> ----
> but CentOS doesn't alter things from upstream and upstream packager (Tom
> Lane) is already aware of my solution.
It is change over time that breaks things and costs money, not change
between 2 current versions of the same thing. Enterprises have this
funny concept about keeping their business running and don't like
surprises. That's why they are using a unix-like OS in the first place.
--
Les Mikesell
lesmikesell at gmail.com
More information about the fedora-list
mailing list