[geeks] Policy for system / package upgrades in Enterprise

[hike]

On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 9:19 AM, Katrina Gawas <katrina.gawas at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> We are trying to set policies for system / packages upgrade in our
> company. Currently most of our systems have Ubuntu 8.04LTS server.
> What do you think should be the policies in regards to the following:
>
> * Upgrading of packages? Say as per some requirement developers needs
> java6u20 on production machines and currently Ubuntu 8.04 LTS only
> supports java6u6. There is one view from our IT head that one should
> upgrade the OS to keep up with the package requirement. Is this
> correct/viable?
> * Upgrading of OS? Ubuntu 8.04 LTS support will be available for a few
> more years. What should be the proposed OS change cycle. Or should
> only parts of the OS stack be updated as per requirement?
> * Should any of the above policies vary if we want to strictly
> implement ISO 27001 considerations (http://www.iso27001security.com/).
>
> Thank you in advance,
> Katrina
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Isn't a new LTS Ubuntu out now?  10.4 is listed as LTS in google-search.

Personally, if it isn't available with the distribution, I would not install
it.  It would require a monitoring and updating "by hnd".