On 5/29/07, Denis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
How often do you sync with the current portage tree and compare it
your versions in "world"? Should one do this once a week? Once in
two weeks?
How often to you update major components, like Xorg, kernel, and
system tool chain? As soon as new things become available, or, say,
once a month or so?
The reason I ask is because I often don't have a lot of time to devote
to system administration on a regular basis but do want to keep my box
updated as much as possible. How do some of you non-developers
balance system administration with your "day job"?
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I have 2 gentoo boxes in our apartment(one's quiet since we just moved
and I haven't gotten back to it yet), I sync around once a week, and
-uDavN world when I sync. If there are packages that look important
(gcc, glibc, baselayout, etc) I do a bit more research. I watch
gentoo.org and this list. The only time I put off an update is if I
see notes about it on gentoo.org or such; things like the xorg modular
ebuilds, the new java system, etc. I have portage email me the elog.
It's just me and my wife using the boxes, so I'm not as careful as I
would be were it a production server, but I've never really been
bitten, either. As for balance with what I'm actually paid to do, if
I'm taken up with work, I don't update until I get some free time.
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