[ snips ] On 15 Mar 2003 21:17:38 +0100 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ulf Kister) wrote:
> 3. Recently the shiny and new gentoo 1.4 rc3 version was > released. From FreeBSD I'm used to decently ignore any > announcements like this, because frequntly syncing the source tree > and rebuilding/installing kernel/world reliably provided me the > most current version of the "STABLE"-development branch. > > How about gentoo? > > Or, to put the question into another form: If I > > - install gentoo 1.4 rc2 > > and daily > > - "emerge sync" (in my case "emerge-webrsync" due to firewall > limitations) > - emerge -up world > > will there be any difference to having installed gentoo 2.7 rc3 on > the day where it counts? > You've basically answered your own question. The only real differences in a bright and shiny new gentoo version are the LiveCD (installer, recovery tool, improved we hope) and the choice of package versions which are available as "stable" via `emerge -u world` for the rest of us who haven't used the bright and shiny new installer. The short version: no difference that you care about. -- Collins -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
