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if it ain't broke, don't fix it (was: root partition not umounting?)
- From: Per Jessen <per@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2005 16:14:58 +0200
- Message-id: <d96j12$pfl$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Randall R Schulz wrote:
> SuSE doesn't produce kernel updates (or any other updates) for the hell
> of it. In the case of the kernel, only fixes for verified security or
> crashing bugs elicit kernel updates.
Admitted, I don't use the SuSE patches myself (we only run vanilla kernels), but are they always
"clean", ie. nothing else slips in "on the side"?
Even so, I'd still be careful with the ones for "crashing bugs" - if they don't manifest
themselves on my system, why apply a fix?
I guess much depends on what the system is used for, but for a production system, any change is
a risk and I still believe in "if it ain't broke, don't fix it".
/Per Jessen, Zürich
> SuSE doesn't produce kernel updates (or any other updates) for the hell
> of it. In the case of the kernel, only fixes for verified security or
> crashing bugs elicit kernel updates.
Admitted, I don't use the SuSE patches myself (we only run vanilla kernels), but are they always
"clean", ie. nothing else slips in "on the side"?
Even so, I'd still be careful with the ones for "crashing bugs" - if they don't manifest
themselves on my system, why apply a fix?
I guess much depends on what the system is used for, but for a production system, any change is
a risk and I still believe in "if it ain't broke, don't fix it".
/Per Jessen, Zürich
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