Losing my faith and trust in Nethserver

Also we had a big problem with samba upstream update last year.

But if we can find a solution, it is a very good thing.

Iā€™m completely with you and your comment is really welcome. You didnā€™t interrupt, you enriched this discussion.

What frustated me is, that itā€™s impossible to setup a stable machine. And thatā€™s a difference to others.
You have the choice between an old maybe buggy and instable machine and a instable alpha-release machine. Nothing between. And thatā€™s IMO the bad thing.

That updates can break something and that an admin has to decied what to install and that she/he is reposible for her/his work Iā€™m absolutely aware.

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@davidep sorry to bother you again, but I need your opinion.

I created a repo-file called ā€œCentOS-temporaryā€ with this content:

# CentOS temporary contains rpms from CentOS 7.4.1708

[C7.4.1708-extras]
name=CentOS-7.4.1708 - Extras
baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos-7/7.4.1708/extras/x86_64
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-7
enabled=1

[C7.4.1708-base]
name=CentOS-7.4.1708 - CentOSPlus
baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos-7/7.4.1708/os/x86_64/
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-7
enabled=1

[C7.4.1708-updates]
name=CentOS-7.4.1708 - Base
baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos-7/7.4.1708/updates/x86_64/
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-7
enabled=1

[C7.4.1708-centosplus]
name=CentOS-7.4.1708 - Base
baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos-7/7.4.1708/centosplus/x86_64/
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-7
enabled=1

With the standard-centos repos disabled and this enabled, I can install the latest 7.4 stable version with kernel 3.10.0.693.21.
Is this compatibel with nethserver-repos-content?
Or in other words: Bad or good idea?

EDIT: This is no longer available. Repo moved to Centos-vault!

I donā€™t think that Iā€™m qualified enough for a definitive answer, but it seems a good idea. (AFAIK, Davide is offline)

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If we assume that the install ISO for NethServer is stable. What if NethServer implemented the LVM snapshot method before installing updates. If the update process went wrong the user could roll back to previous good snaphot?
I donā€™t actually know how that would be implemented, but it sounds like a solution to recovering a Linux Server from a bad update. :grinning:

bob

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Yes Iā€™m on holiday now :blush:

If you can, wait the beta release next week. Your idea seems good but I cannot ensure it works. Read carefully the ā€œrelease lockā€ thread for more info

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And that says a lot how much devs care about the community

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