On 14/02/2013 21:26, James wrote: > Hello, > > Context: Stable Systems with a few newer packages > (unmasked) in portage. > > Some of the recent discussion threads bounce around the issue > of solutions being completed a few days after new packages are release. > Hey, it's Gentoo, we're all keenly aware of this. No problem. > But, from time to time, I get really distracted from Gentoo > with other engineering, social and financial issues, as most on this > list (humanoids refer to this as "having a life") ymmv. > > > So, being the lazy, aging admin/hack/engineer that I am, > every time I try another distro, it just does not work for > my needs, so like it or not, I'm stuck with Gentoo..... > (dont get me wrong, I love Gentoo, just sometimes > I neglect that (gentoo admin) part of my life for sporadic periods). > > > So, my latest ideas is to "sync up" and then wait one week > before acutally installing those new packages. This would > allow the fodder that the good folks on this list catch, > bitch about (um, I mean file bug reports) and fix, to > occur first; then I can complete the package update > cautiously avoiding an "emerge sync".
This is the one that will give you what you want > But when you "emerge sync" if to do the updates immediately, they'll be > the latest packages. So don't do that > If I do a "emerge sync" and wait > 7 days to begin updating the packages, I'll be delayed > by one week, and have a one week of buffered fixes for added > problem filtering. But those fixes might not be available > without a fresh "emerge sync"? If you see everyone else whinging about X and you want X, then sync and emerge right now. You will potentially get a bunch of current stuff that breaks stuff, and you will have to deal with that on the rare occassion it happens > When time permits I CAN CHOOSE to "emerge sync" and then immediately > update the packages and parse through the issues mostly. Call > this the stable-stable approach to gentoo updates. > > Does anyone see any problems or a better way to stay one-week-delayed ? no, there is no better way. gentoo does not support partial syncs so you can't be picky > > I'm increasingly managing more Gentoo systems, particularly embedded > and server based gentoo systems and that is the source that compounds these > time-sink-issues for me. Maybe some external-integrated management approach > such as CFengine is my answer? > > Your comments and thoughts are most welcome. > > > James > > -- Alan McKinnon [email protected]
