From: rinpatch Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2019 06:45:13 +0000 (+0300) Subject: Add a note on what OTP releases are X-Git-Url: https://git.squeep.com/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=4f44732100a23475a645d9e7070ca0a17934ee49;p=akkoma Add a note on what OTP releases are --- diff --git a/docs/installation/migrating_from_source_otp_en.md b/docs/installation/migrating_from_source_otp_en.md index 46dc7b53b..4d6f20ee0 100644 --- a/docs/installation/migrating_from_source_otp_en.md +++ b/docs/installation/migrating_from_source_otp_en.md @@ -1,4 +1,6 @@ # Switching a from-source install to OTP releases +## What are OTP releases? +OTP releases are as close as you can get to binary releases with Erlang/Elixir. The release is self-contained, and provides everything needed to boot it, it is easily administered via the provided shell script to open up a remote console, start/stop/restart the release, start in the background, send remote commands, and more. ## Why would one want to switch? Benefits of OTP releases over from-source installs include: * **Less space used.** OTP releases come without source code, build tools, have docs and debug symbols stripped from the compiled bytecode and do not cointain tests, docs, revision history.