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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 10/23/2013 09:48 AM, Beddingfield,
Allen wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap="">The fact that so many web people think developing on a bleeding-edge workstation distro is a sane idea just throws fuel on the fire of my dislike for Ubuntu.</pre>
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Meant to also reply to this statement in my previous email. Oops.<br>
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I <i>run</i> current distributions, but for any given project, I <i>develop
in the target environment</i>. I don't run test code on my
workstation; my workstation is a production machine that is to be my
toolbox and it is to be configured such that I can do my job the
most efficiently I can. I can afford to run newer tools on my
workstation.<br>
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However, if a project is to be deployed in Debian 6, then the
staging environment for that project that I am working in <i>is
also Debian 6</i> and <i>is configured exactly as the
specifications have provided for</i>. This is the only way that
software development can truly be done. Of course, all of these are
on VMs and not real hardware (unless the project is itself a
hardware project).<br>
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I <b>intentionally</b> run my staging environment lean on
resources, as well. I only give 192 MB or 256 MB to my testing
systems because if the Web app cannot run in that, either something
is wrong or the requirements are in need of adjustment.<br>
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I abhor people who develop, test and run on workstation-class
hardware for things that are intended to be deployed and used on
desktop, laptop or server systems. I think it's irresponsible to
the extreme—and yet it is a method of standard operation for e.g.
Java shops.<br>
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— Mike<br>
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