Gentoo RC's are tied more to the installer (and possibly gcc) than a actual list of packages, so once you've got it installed all you are running is Gentoo. You can choose which versions of programs to use, or just use the current stable ones. So only real difference you'll notice in the RCs is during the install.
Cheers Simon On Tue, 10 Jun 2003 12:29, Jason wrote: > In its defense, I'd wager (and I don't use the thing) that Gentoos RC's > are more stable than a Mandrake Release!! Not that I have many problems > but the Mandrake releases need about 3 weeks more polish before release > almost EVERY time, and they never seem to get it. A pity really. If > they did then Mandrake and URPMI would rule the world!!� > > Cheers > > Jason > > Matthew Gregan wrote: > >On Tue, Jun 10, 2003 at 12:00:48PM +1200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >>and get gentoo-3stages-x86-1.4_rc4.iso > > > >Is this why you claim the packages are so up-to-date--because you're > >running a release candidate, i.e. not a stable release? > > > >If this is the case, it's not a lot different to running something like > >Debian's testing/unstable tree (or, for that matter, any other > >distributions pre-release trees). So it would seem that the claims of > >Gentoo having more up-to-date packages than other distributions might be > >a little exaggerated. > > > >Cheers, > >-mjg -- Simon Hansman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
