On Saturday 09 April 2005 02:41, Eric S. Johansson wrote: > Neil Bothwick wrote: > > On Thu, 07 Apr 2005 16:03:53 -0400, Eric S. Johansson wrote: > >>Seriously, I have a half a dozen machines running here and the fact that > >>I have to spend hours every couple of weeks to update > > > > Why does it take hours to type "emerge world -uavD", review the results > > and press Enter? Gentoo is a prime example of why the command line can be > > more efficient than a GUI. > > how well does that scale? Assume ten machines. Then you have ten > windows open, ten machines running updates and then when they are all > done, ten machines updating their configurations. Now, multiply by 10 > to 100 machines or even more. Of all the distributions gentoo has the > greatest possibility of surviving that scaling without needing a > forklift but it sure needs a significant amount of transparent automation.
where is the problem? One machine build binary packages, the others suck the packages from the master? This should be able to do with some not too complex scripts, and with rpm, you have to write your own sripts too, even the ones with nice graphical interfaces ... So, I do not see, where your problem is (except the time wasted waiting for the 'master' but then there is distcc...), and how a graphical interface could solve this probs. -- [email protected] mailing list
