[Labs-l] [Tools] Change default webservice release from precise to trusty

[Ricordisamoa]

Hi!
Is there a page to see which tools are still being run on precise? Or at 
least to check a given tool individually?
I think that would speed up the process.

Il 17/04/2015 02:03, Yuvi Panda ha scritto:
>
> Hello! Starting April 29 2015, any new lighttpd webservices started 
> will default to Ubuntu trusty instead of ubuntu precise as is the case 
> now. Note that none of the current webservices will be migrated by us 
> - if you are running on precise now, it will continue running there 
> until you migrate it yourself. Just new invocations of 'webservice 
> start' or 'webservice restart' (without explicitly setting the 
> --release parameter) is what will be changed. == What are the marjor 
> differences? == 1. PHP 5.5 instead of PHP 5.3. This gives you access 
> to a lot more features and better performance. If your code depends on 
> bugs in PHP 5.3 to work properly, it might break when migrated. 2. 
> Newer versions of packages in general. Newer is better, right? :) 3. 
> Less breakages due to NFS. Trusty is in general better at being a nice 
> NFS client than precise is, and needs a lot fewer restarts in general 
> :) == Does this mean I am now forced to use trusty even if I don't 
> want to? == Nope. If you want to keep using precise for new 
> webservices / restarts, you can just use webservice --release precise 
> <start|restart> instead. We do suggest you migrate, however - we're 
> hoping to remove as many precise instances as possible over time, so 
> this would be a good time to migrate. We offer plenty of support :) == 
> So I want to migrate! How do I test? == Quite simple! Use: webservice 
> --release trusty restart This will move your webservice to trusty (and 
> newer version of PHP / whatnot). And if everything is ok, you can 
> leave it as is :) If not you can move it back with: webservice 
> --release precise restart And it'll be back on precise :)
> == Will you help me move my tool over to trusty? ==
>
> Sure! Just ask :)
> == I'm running a uwsgi-python / tomcat / nodejs tool. Should I care? 
> == Nope. Those are already running trusty == I'm running my bot on 
> precise, not webservice. Will this affect me in any way? == Nope, 
> although I would encourage you to migrate too :)
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