[Gllug] Sluggishness and confusion

[Martin A. Brooks]

Peter Childs wrote:

>   Another good reason for not using it when you want control. If your 
> running a large database you need to know where and what your database 
> is doing. If you don't care then fine but If you do then source 
> installs are the way ahead.


That goes all the way from "rubbish" to "bollocks". 

If you _really_ run large database then you go from one highly tested 
package to another highly tested package. In Debian terms, you run 
Stable.  If you're compiling the latest version of your database 
directly on the machine for production use then you're either very brave 
or very stupid. Compilation happens in your development environment, not 
in production.

>    Plus now so many packages have auto update facilites (like Firefox 
> and Thunderbird) you soon discover how to break debian. 


Like....?  All the plugin stuff I use happens in userspace.
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