[Labs-l] [Ops] Debian Jessie now available on Labs

[Marc A. Pelletier]

On 15-02-18 08:11 AM, Petr Bena wrote:
> Can I ask why you change from ubuntu to debian on production machines?

That is the result of a long discussion within ops during which it was 
decided that the direction in which Ubuntu was headed (with its 
increasing focus away from server) aligned poorly with our evolving 
needs.  (The long of that discussion includes dozens of points of 
comparison with at least as many pros and cons as there are members of 
the ops team; but systemd vs upstart figured prominently in it).

Given that we were faced with migration towards Trusty, and that the 
actual impact of Precise->Trusty is comparable to that of 
Precise->Jessie, we decided to do the change sooner rather than later.

-- Marc