Grant <emailgrant <at> gmail.com> writes:
> Gentoo is rock solid for me, but, I have endured much pain since early 2004. I use many system and only stray from stable when warranted. > > | yeah, mixing isn't good. Pure systems are way more stable. Well, I do not agree here, with this blanket statement. I mix a small number of testing or even unmasking packages, fix the issues or live with them, and the mostly stable systems are fine. I do try to avoid testing and unmasking packages. If I unmask something and it does not work or is a constant pain, then just get the sources (cvs or svn) and build it like a traditional linux system. This still works on gentoo.... Yes it take time, but, unless you have time to burn, you should not be straying from stable..... (imho)..... > Now that's an interesting idea. Makes sense. It sounds like I should > either learn to live with stable packages only, or go all out testing. Some like that approach, but I say use a mostly stable system, unless you need a large amount of testing or unmasked packages YMMV. Also, always keep at least one system on stable only, for your main box, imho.... hth, James -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
