On 27/08/2013 15:11, Tanstaafl wrote: > On 2013-08-27 9:03 AM, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckin...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Each major.minor version has a .pdf manual published, while the next >> version is in development, the docs get updated on a wiki and the final >> version is an export of that. There's a forum with knowledgeable users >> and the devs hang around just in case regular users can't help with a >> question. > > Ok, that brings up another issue... > > One thing I've always loved about gentoo is it is a rolling release, > which means no 'major update' pains to speak of (at least not like > binary based distros like redhat etc)... > > So, have you ever gone through any major system updates, and if so, any > issues to speak of? > > Thanks again for sharing this... >
No issues ever whatsoever. An upgrade is almost exactly the same as upgrading firmware on your DSL router or reflashing OpenElec[1]. The longest part is waiting for the NAS to reboot twice and get through whatever your disk controller does at power up :-) Once in the early days I had an incompatible database format for configs and got a message at the start, so I had to do something manually to get past that. But that was long ago. These days the migration script always just dealt with it properly. [1] another awesome project that JustWorks. I'm getting to like these Unix-based appliances that JustWork. if I need to get under the overs and tweak stuff, I can. Most mostly I don't need to :-) -- Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com
