[rt-users] Easiest distro for RT 3?

[Chris Poupart]

Florian Weimer wrote:
> Chris Poupart wrote:
> 
> 
>>Florian Weimer wrote:
>>
>>>Jamie Baddeley wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>I've been considering my options for running rt3 on debian. I had come
>>>>to 2 conclusions.
>>>>1. Run stable and pin rt3 to unstable
>>>>2. Run unstable.
>>>>
>>>>Option 1 is ugly. Option 2 was pretty much the way I was going to go.
>>>
>>>RT 3 runs best with Perl 5.8.3, which pretty much rules out using Debian
>>>stable.
>>
>>Perl 5.8.3 should be in Sarge (testing).  Sarge is on the verge of 
>>becoming stable, and with luck will be there by summer.  I would suggest 
>>subscribing to the Debian Security mailing list, and running Sarge. 
>>Then, when it goes stable, you are set.
> 
> 
> Fortunately, I'm not the initial poster. 8-)
> 
> Your advice is somewhat misguided.  If I used testing, I'd have to take
> of security updates myself.  Among other things, this requires that I'd
> be able to apply security patches to Debian packages on my own...

Damn "reply" instead of "reply-all".

Yes, you would have to watch security updates yourself, but soon (I 
hope!) Sarge will be stable, and then it will be getting nice security 
updates.  But you know, I still watch for security updates for my Stable 
machines.

So, if not a pure Sarge, what about a Woody/Sarge mix?  Install Woody, 
then add the testing lines in source.list and apt-get the packages 
needed for RT 3.  Do a dist-upgrade when Sarge moves to Stable.