On Sun, 01 Jan 2012 19:24:35 -0500, Michael Orlitzky wrote:

> > Why would you need to take it down? All you need to do is restart
> > Apache after the update.
> >  
> 
> I have to test, like, 200 websites to make sure they still work. 
> Something /always/ breaks.
> 
> Apache was just an example. PHP is the same way: functions get removed, 
> renamed, or just subtly changed. I can't replace Dovecot with users 
> logged in. I can't upgrade/restart postgresql while clients are hitting 
> it. If I'm working remotely, I don't want to update openvpn, iptables, 
> or even openssh. There's a long list of packages that I just ain't
> gonna mess with during the day.

And you test all this on production servers?


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