> ------- Original Message -------
> From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
> To: Greg Smith <gsmith@gregsmith.com>
> Sent: 25/07/07, 18:54:50
> Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Machine available for community use
>
> Another fairly big issue is that we need to know whether measurements we
> take in August are comparable to measurements we take in October, so a
> fairly stable platform is important. As you say, a fast-changing kernel
> would make it difficult to have any confidence about comparability over
> time. That would tend to make me vote for RHEL/Centos, where long-term
> stability is an explicit development goal. Debian stable might do too,
> though I'm not as clear about their update criteria as I am about Red Hat's.
Perhaps RH could donate us a RHEL/RHN licence for this?
/D