Angelo, can you please send me the updated shar if it is different from the one available at<br><a href="http://people.freebsd.org/~pgollucci/rt38">http://people.freebsd.org/~pgollucci/rt38</a><br>I want to try it on a test system before I try to install it from source. I luckily have enough time to<br>
play around with things.<br><br>Thanks,<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 11:28 AM, Angelo Turetta <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:aturetta%2Brt@bestunion.it">aturetta+rt@bestunion.it</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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Hi Angelo,<br>
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My name is Krishna...I am subscribed to too many mailing lists, hence a separate email address for every mailing list.<br>
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Thanks, that's a good habit (look at my address), but I nonetheless like to know who I'm talking to. The name need not be fake, even if the address is.<div class="Ih2E3d"><br>
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Our primary concern here is the upgrade procedure and of course stability. Will everything magically work from one port<br>
to the other?<br>
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Every upgrade is a sensible operation, no matter how you installed the software. The biggest challenges are upgrades involving DB schema changes, RT is a shining example of how to do it right, but you cannot expect to do such a thing 'magically': based on your business continuity policies, you may even need a test installation to validate the upgrade before deploying it on a production system.<br>
The port of rt38 by Philip M. Gollucci is actually the first which seems to allow for a comfortable upgrade to future versions.<div class="Ih2E3d"><br>
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Can I just download rt38 port from the link you mentioned and install it? Is it stable enough? One of the users was<br>
suggesting that I install it from source. What do you suggest?<br>
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The freebsd port infrastructure is a solid one, and it is one of the few way you have to keep the dependencies sane if you install more than one application per system. I personally don't like to install software from source other than by using a port, but I have to admit that previous versions of the rt port where somewhat unfriendly.<br>
The rt38 port is not yet finished, so you should be prepared to some non-pleasant surprise, but it has much more solid structure than previous ones.<br>
Only you, based on your expertise with the ports collection, can decide which way to go. If you try the port, please try my patch attached to the PR.<br><font color="#888888">
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Angelo.</font><div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c"><br>
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Thanks,<br>
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On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 10:39 AM, Angelo Turetta <<a href="mailto:aturetta%2Brt@bestunion.it" target="_blank">aturetta+rt@bestunion.it</a>> wrote:<br>
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Joe Mailinglists wrote:<br>
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1) We use a FreeBSD system. I see that there is a port<br>
available (rt36) for version 3.6 but none for 3.8 yet. Is it ok<br>
if I go ahead and install rt36 now and later on upgrade to rt38<br>
whenever it is available? If not, do you suggest that I<br>
manually download the latest version of rt3.8.1 and then install<br>
it from the source? Which method is safer/easier for upgrades<br>
in the long run?<br>
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There is a port for 3.8.1 in the works, look at<br>
<a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=ports/125745" target="_blank">http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=ports/125745</a> (check all<br>
replies), and the user's work space at<br>
<a href="http://people.freebsd.org/%7Epgollucci/rt38" target="_blank">http://people.freebsd.org/~pgollucci/rt38</a><br>
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The port is really well thought, and for the first time it will be<br>
possible to pre-package rt. Unluckily Philip seems to have vanished for<br>
the last two months, and the work on it has stopped.<br>
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I may send you an updated shar if you whish.<br>
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3) I've been reading that RT is memory intensive. Is 2 GB<br>
enough? This machine also runs the DHCP server. Do you guys<br>
recommend to have a separate system for RT?<br>
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If you need a high-performance system you'd sure need to consider a DB<br>
server optimization (including cache memory etc..), but I don't think<br>
the web application is inherently memory intensive.<br>
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I hope these questions belong to this list.<br>
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Yes, they do. Eventually, you may consider posting using your real<br>
name :)<br>
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Angelo.<br>
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