From: Shane J Pearson (shanejpnetspace.net.au)
Date: Tue Nov 01 2005 - 06:37:39 CST

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Hi Uwe,

On 01/11/2005, at 10:36 PM, Uwe Dippel wrote:

> Seconded. I still keep thinking that an initial install isn't sooo
> difficult. Rather simple, that is.
> But when I look at our desktops (> 500), who'll ever do the upgrade
> once
> per 6 months (or a larger upgrade once per 12 months) ?

Are a large chunk of those 500 mostly the same config but with different
user data in /home?

> Let's be realistic, there is no way to ftp... patch... make... pkg_add
> -u... manually on a larger number of systems.

If you have a large number of desktops which are identical in
configuration, then would it not be possible to have a staging desktop
machine(s) which you bring up to date with patches and then have its
binaries served to the appropriate desktops as need be? Perhaps you
could even spread the rollout to the desktops out with different
machines checking for updates on different days of the week. So as to
minimize load on the staging desktop and also minimize potential damage.

Or am I missing something which makes this impractical or impossible?

> Fork is no solution, as far as I can see. Just the opposite is needed.

Absolutely.

Shane J Pearson

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