begin quote On Mon, 2 Feb 2004 10:17:06 -0500 Kurt Lieber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> All -- > > I've posted GLEP 19 which talks about the inclusion of a new 'stable' > tree in portage that is updated on a periodic basis and only contains > security and major bugfixes out of cycle. > > http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/glep/glep-0019.html > > Please take a moment to review the GLEP and offer any feedback or ask > any questions. > okay, here are some points: a) 4 / year , retention 1 year... can we start with 2/year (we lag behind as is, we're notoriously ungood with timetables. See 1.4 release before vouching anything ;) and a 2 year retention? 1 year retention still feels "hurried" for much enterprise use. Especially if you spend 4 months with forking and building on it, then have 8 months of use-work, then have to restart. (yep, reallife scenario) b) Updates and update distribution: Updates should be distributed -separately- . once the tree is frozen "stable" it remains so until the server goes down. updates to stable builds should have an alternate path of exposure. This is another requirement if any organization wish to track and work against a distribution. supplying it as : 2004-02-stable 2004-02-updates and using a default overlay would be a viable solution in a case like this, as long as the "stable" tree isn't changed. //Spider -- begin .signature This is a .signature virus! Please copy me into your .signature! See Microsoft KB Article Q265230 for more information. end
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